Título: | A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: The Sustainable Amazon Network |
Autor: | Gardner, Toby Alan Ferreira, Joice Nunes Barlow, Jos Lees, Alexander C. Parry, Luke Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia Berenguer, Erika Abramovay, Ricardo Aleixo, Alexandre Andretti, Christian Borges Aragao, L. E.O.C. Araújo, Ivanei Souza Ávila, Williams Souza de Bardgett, Richard D. Batistella, Mateus Begotti, Rodrigo Anzolin Beldini, Troy Patrick Blas, Driss Ezzine de Braga, Rodrigo Fagundes Lima Braga, Danielle de Brito, Janaína Gomes de Camargo, Plínio Barbosa de dos Santos, Fabiane Campos Oliveira, Vívian Campos de Nunes Cordeiro, Amanda Cardoso Cardoso, Thiago Moreira Carvalho, Débora Reis de Castelani, Sergio André Mário Chaul, Júlio Cézar Cerri, Carlos Eduardo Pelegrino Assis Costa, Francisco de Costa, Carla Daniele Furtado da Coudel, Émilie Coutinho, Alexandre Camargo Cunha, Dênis Antônio da D'Antona, Álvaro O. Dezincourt, Joelma Dias-Silva, Karina Durigan, Mariana Regina Esquerdo, Júlio César Dalla Mora Féres, José Gustavo Ferraz, Silvio Frosini de Barros Melo Ferreira, Amanda Estefânia de Fiorini, Ana Carolina Silva, Lenise Vargas Flores da Frazão, Fábio Soares Garrett, Rachael D. dos Santos Gomes, Alessandra Silva Gonçalves, Karoline da Guerrero, José Benito Hamada, Neusa Hughes, Robert Mason Igliori, Danilo Camargo Conceição Jesus, Ederson da Juen, Leandro Junior, Miércio Oliveira, José Max Barbosa de Oliveira, Raimundo Cosme de Junior, Carlos Souza Kaufmann, Philip Robert Korasaki, Vanesca Leal, Cecília Gontijo Leitão, Rafael Pereira Lima, Natália da Silva Fátima Lopes Almeida, Maria de Lourival, Reinaldo F.F. Louzada, Julio MacNally, Ralph Marchand, Sebástien Maués, M. M. Moreira, Fátima Maria de Souza Morsello, Carla Moura, Nárgila G. Nessimian, Jorge Nunes, S?mia Oliveira, Victor Hugo Fonseca Pardini, Renata Pereira, Heloisa Correia dos Santos Pompeu, Paulo Ribas, Carla Rodrigues Rossetti, Felipe Schmidt, Fernando Augusto Silva, Rodrigo da Silva, Regina Célia Viana Martins da Silva, Thiago Fonseca Morello Ramalho da Silveira, Juliana M. Siqueira, João Victor Carvalho, Teotônio Soares de Solar, Ricardo Holanda Tancredi, Nicola Savério Thomson, James R. Torres, Patricia Carignano Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z. Stulpen Veiga, Ruan Carlo Venturieri, Adriano Viana, Cecília Weinhold, Diana Zanetti, Ronald Zuanon, Jansen |
Palavras-chave: | Interdisciplinary Approach Land-use Change Socioeconomic Conditions Sustainability Sustainable Development Trade-off Tropical Environment Tropical Forest Amazonas Biodiversity Cost-benefit Analysis Ecology Economics Ecosystem Environmental Planning Environmental Protection Forestry Human Human Activities Methodology Policy Procedures Socioeconomics Tropic Climate Biodiversity Conservation Of Natural Resources Cost-benefit Analysis Ecology Ecosystem Environmental Policy Forestry Human Activities Humans Research Design Social Planning Socioeconomic Factors Tropical Climate |
Data do documento: | 2013 |
Revista: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
É parte de: | Volume 368, Número 1619 |
Abstract: | Science has a critical role to play in guiding more sustainable development trajectories. Here, we present the Sustainable Amazon Network (Rede Amazônia Sustentável, RAS): a multidisciplinary research initiative involving more than 30 partner organizations working to assess both social and ecological dimensions of land-use sustainability in eastern Brazilian Amazonia. The research approach adopted by RAS offers three advantages for addressing land-use sustainability problems: (i) the collection of synchronized and co-located ecological and socioeconomic data across broad gradients of past and present human use; (ii) a nested sampling design to aid comparison of ecological and socioeconomic conditions associated with different land uses across local, landscape and regional scales; and (iii) a strong engagement with a wide variety of actors and non-research institutions. Here, we elaborate on these key features, and identify the ways in which RAS can help in highlighting those problems in most urgent need of attention, and in guiding improvements in land-use sustainability in Amazonia and elsewhere in the tropics. We also discuss some of the practical lessons, limitations and realities faced during the development of the RAS initiative so far. © 2013 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1098/rstb.2012.0166 |
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