Combining socioeconomic development with environmental governance in the Brazilian Amazon: the Mato Grosso agricultural frontier at a tipping point

Arvor Damien, Daugeard Marion, Tritsch Isabelle, De Mello-Théry Neli Aparecida, Théry Hervé, Dubreuil Vincent. 2018. Combining socioeconomic development with environmental governance in the Brazilian Amazon: the Mato Grosso agricultural frontier at a tipping point. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 20 (1) : 1-22.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-016-9889-1

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Quartile : Q3, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES / Quartile : Q3, Sujet : GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Science)

Résumé : Agricultural landscapes of the southern Brazilian Amazon are the result of 80 years of governmental policies to install a powerful agricultural sector. Yet, this rapid expansion raised important environmental considerations especially with regard to deforestation. The agricultural frontier is thus now facing a huge challenge: to combine socioeconomic development with environmental conservation in the context of frontier expansion. Based on a conceptual model of the agricultural frontier, we review historical changes in environmental and development policies in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and emphasize their ambivalent trend to both encourage and control the progress of the frontier. We then extend this model with an integration stage where environmental governance and economic development evolve from competing to complementary concepts. At this stage, the efforts to slow down deforestation are accompanied with programs to promote new agricultural practices and support industrialization. Finally, we put into perspective this recent evolution with regard to the underlying reasons for changing the agricultural model, thus considering the agricultural frontier to be at a tipping point where first positive results need to be confirmed in spite of an unstable economic and political situation.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : développement socioéconomique, gouvernance, déboisement, dégradation de l'environnement, paysage agricole, changement dans l'usage des terres, gouvernance foncière, gouvernance forestière

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Brésil, Mato Grosso, Amazonie

Mots-clés complémentaires : Politique publique

Mots-clés libres : Brazilian Amazon, Mato Grosso, Agricultural frontier, Public policies, Environmental governance

Classification Agris : P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières
E11 - Économie et politique foncières
E14 - Économie et politique du développement

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 6 (2014-2018) - Sociétés, natures et territoires

Agences de financement européennes : European Commission

Programme de financement européen : H2020

Projets sur financement : (EU) Observatory of the Dynamics of Interactions between Societies and Environment in the Amazon

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