Environmental policy in Brazilian Amazonia

Lessons from recent history

Bibliographic Data

ID4153217
AuthorsPhilip M Fearnside (0000-0003-3672-9082, Amazon (United States), corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume19
Issue1
Publication date2016-06-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNovos Cadernos NAEA (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1516-6481 • E-ISSN: 2179-7536
PublisherUniversidade Federal do Para (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.5801/ncn.v19i1.1379
OpenAlexW2498265331
LanguageIT
Citations received3
References cited14

Tropical forest in Brazil, as in other countries, faces threats stemming from decision making that favors destructive development and gives only token consideration to lost environmental services and other impacts. History, particularly the most relevant period covering the recent years of rapid development in Amazonia, is a source of useful lessons for changing the decision-making process to favor outcomes that are less destructive and more sustainable. Development decisions set processes in motion with consequences extending far into the future, adding urgency to the task of assimilating these lessons. Decisions in the coming decade will determine the fate of Brazil's Amazon forest, as is also the case for other countries that could benefit from the lessons of recent history in Brazil

Amazon rainforest · Business · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Natural resource economics · Political science · Sustainable development · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Law · Ecology