Scientists as citizens and knowers in the detection of deforestation in the Amazon
Autores: Marko Monteiro, Raoni Rajão
Resumo: This paper examines how scientists deal with tensions emerging from their role as providers of objective knowledge and as citizens concerned with how their research influences policy and politics in Brazil. This is accomplished through an ethnographic account of scientists using remote sensing technology, of their knowledge-making activities and of the broader socio-political controversies… leia mais
Regularização do passivo de reserva legal: percepção dos produtores rurais no Pará e Mato Grosso
Autores: Rayane Pacheco, Raoni Rajão, Britaldo Soares-Filho, Richard van der Hoff
Resumo: A vegetação nativa em terras privadas é considerada um componente fundamental na oferta de serviços ecossistêmicos, assim, o Código Florestal estabelece a necessidade da manutenção de uma Reserva Legal. Alguns estudos mostram que os níveis de não conformidade são altos no país, porém ainda não existem dados sobre adisposição dos produtores em regularizar seus passivos ambientais. Este estudo investiga… leia mais
The Rights and Wrongs of Brazil’s Forest Monitoring Systems
Autores: Raoni Rajão, Paulo Moutinho, Laura Soares
Resumo: The article “Are Brazil’s Deforesters Avoiding Detection?” published recently in Conservation Letters offers a detailed analysis of the limits of PRODES, Brazil’s best known system for monitoring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. While the article provides a useful comparison of PRODES and two other monitoring systems, we strongly disagree with the authors’ suggestion that… leia mais
Co-Operation or Co-Optation? NGOs’ Roles in Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative
Autores: Erlend AT Hermansen, Desmond McNeill, Sjur Kasa, Raoni Rajão
Resumo: This paper investigates non-governmental organisation (NGO) involvement in policy processes related to Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) comparing four countries: Norway, Brazil, Indonesia, and Tanzania. Based on documents and interviews, NGO involvement is mapped using a conceptual framework to categorise and compare different roles and… leia mais
Enabling large-scale forest restoration in Minas Gerais state, Brazil
Autores: Felipe SM Nunes, Britaldo S Soares-Filho, Raoni Rajão, Frank Merry
Resumo: Large-scale forest restoration is a cornerstone of Brazil’s new Forest Code and a key element in its National Determined Contribution (NDC) to emissions reduction. But the path to this target remains unclear due to a lack of information on its economics and implementation challenges. Here, we begin to fill this gap by developing a spatially-explicit model for Minas Gerais state that estimates the costs and… leia mais
Regularization of legal reserve debts: perceptions of rural producers in the state of Pará and Mato Grosso in Brazil
Autores: Rayane Pacheco, Raoni Rajão, Britaldo Soares-Filho, Richard van der Hoff
Resumo: The native vegetation on private land is considered a key component in the supply of ecosystem services, so the Forest Code establishes the Legal Reserve. While some studies have showed that non-compliance is common, so far no study has analyzed the willingness of producers to settle this liability. This study aimed to investigate in a exploratory ways the stated preferences and… leia mais
Limits of Brazil’s Forest Code as a means to end illegal deforestation
Autores: Andrea A Azevedo, Raoni Rajão, Marcelo A Costa, Marcelo CC Stabile, Marcia N Macedo, Tiago NP dos Reis, Ane Alencar, Britaldo S Soares-Filho, Rayane Pacheco
Resumo: The 2012 Brazilian Forest Code governs the fate of forests and savannas on Brazil’s 394 Mha of privately owned lands. The government claims that a new national land registry (SICAR), introduced under the revised law, could end illegal deforestation by greatly reducing the cost of monitoring, enforcement, and compliance. This study evaluates that potential, using data from state-level land registries (CAR) in Pará and… leia mais
Mudanças Climáticas: Conhecimentos, Políticas e Intervenções
Autores: Tiago Ribeiro Duarte, Raoni Rajão, Marko Synesio Alves Monteiro, Jean Carlos Hochsprung Miguel
Resumo: Desde os anos de 1990, quando as mudanças climáticas emergiram internacionalmente enquanto um problema ambiental de natureza global, antropólogas/os e pesquisadores/as das diversas áreas das ciências sociais ao redor do mundo têm se interessado cada vez mais pelo tema. No Brasil, há um número crescente de pesquisadores/as desenvolvendo trabalhos sobre… leia mais