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Forest restoration challenges in Brazilian Amazonia

Gilberto Camara
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Rolf Simoes
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Heloisa Ruivo
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Pedro Andrade
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Aline Soterroni
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Fernando Ramos
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Rafael Ramos
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Marluce Scarabello
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Claudio Almeida
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Ieda Sanches
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Luis Maurano
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Alexandre Coutinho
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Julio Esquerdo
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Joao Antunes
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Adriano Venturieri
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Marcos Adami
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Version 1 : Received: 19 March 2023 / Approved: 21 March 2023 / Online: 21 March 2023 (02:16:00 CET)

How to cite: Camara, G.; Simoes, R.; Ruivo, H.; Andrade, P.; Soterroni, A.; Ramos, F.; Ramos, R.; Scarabello, M.; Almeida, C.; Sanches, I.; Maurano, L.; Coutinho, A.; Esquerdo, J.; Antunes, J.; Venturieri, A.; Adami, M. Forest restoration challenges in Brazilian Amazonia. Preprints 2023, 2023030365. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0365.v1 Camara, G.; Simoes, R.; Ruivo, H.; Andrade, P.; Soterroni, A.; Ramos, F.; Ramos, R.; Scarabello, M.; Almeida, C.; Sanches, I.; Maurano, L.; Coutinho, A.; Esquerdo, J.; Antunes, J.; Venturieri, A.; Adami, M. Forest restoration challenges in Brazilian Amazonia. Preprints 2023, 2023030365. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0365.v1

Abstract

In its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Brazil committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and restoring its forests. This study examines the challenges of fulfilling these commitments in Brazilian Amazonia. We carry out a detailed assessment of the current status of land tenure in the region and its relation to deforestation. After dealing with conflicts and overlaps between data from various sources, we produce a new map of public and private land tenure in Amazonia. Combining this map with Brazil's official data on deforestation, we find out how much natural vegetation has been preserved in each public or private area. The result is used to estimate how much deforestation is illegal. We also establish how much deforestation is associated with each land tenure type. Our results show that most deforestation inside rural properties is done by a few landowners, a finding that has important consequences for law enforcement. We then assess the challenges for reforestation in detail. To do so, we consider how much forest needs to be rehabilitated according to Brazil's Forest Code. Our analysis provides a comprehensive appraisal of the potential opportunity costs for forest restoration in the biome, considering farm size and land use. This analysis provides insights into targeted land use policies that can meet Brazil’s forest restoration goals.

Keywords

Amazon deforestation; land use policy; Brazil NDC; Brazil Forest Code

Subject

Arts and Humanities, Religious Studies

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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