The role of different governance regimes in reducing native vegetation conversion and promoting regrowth in the Brazilian Amazon
Authors
Alves-Pinto, Helena N
Cordeiro, Carlos LO
Geldmann, Jonas D
Jonas, Harry
Gaiarsa, Marilia Palumbo
Watson, James EM
Latawiec, Agnieszka Ewa
Strassburg, Bernardo
Publication Date
2022Journal Title
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
ISSN
0006-3207
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Type
Article
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Alves-Pinto, H. N., Cordeiro, C. L., Geldmann, J. D., Jonas, H., Gaiarsa, M. P., Balmford, A., Watson, J. E., et al. (2022). The role of different governance regimes in reducing native vegetation conversion and promoting regrowth in the Brazilian Amazon. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109473
Abstract
Area-based conservation measures, including protected areas (PA) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECM), play an important role in biodiversity conservation. In the Brazilian Amazon, even though Conservation Units and Indigenous Lands have been shown to reduce deforestation, few studies have addressed Quilombola Territories, and none of the above-mentioned areas were evaluated according to their role in promoting native vegetation regrowth. Here, we used a matching analysis to show that Brazilian Amazon Indigenous Lands, Quilombola Territories, and two types of protected areas (Conservation Units of Restrict Use and Sustainable Use) contribute to reduced native vegetation conversion, when compared to their control areas. Indigenous Lands and Conservation Units of Restrict Use lost respectively 17 and five times less native vegetation cover than their unprotected control areas, between the years of 2005-2012. Similarly, Quilombola Territories had native vegetation loss rates 5.6 times lower than in matched controls. Importantly, our results demonstrate for the first time that between 2012-2017 Indigenous Lands and Quilombola Territories contributed two and three times more to native vegetation regrowth – a critical process for safeguarding biodiversity in many, if not all, parts of the world. Our results underscore the biological importance of areas beyond the formal protected areas system in conserving biodiversity and promoting forest regrowth.
Sponsorship
This work was undertaken under the support of CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecológico – Brazil). MPG acknowledges funding provided by the University of California Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship from UC Riverside. JG was supported by EUs Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie action (No 706784,) and the Independent Research Fund Denmark’s Sapere Aude program (grant no. 0165-00018B).
Funder references
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (706784)
Embargo Lift Date
2025-01-24
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109473
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/332906
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