Chapter 30: Opportunities and challenges for a healthy standing forest and flowing rivers bioeconomy in the Amazon
Ricardo Abramovay, Joice Ferreira, Francisco de Assis Costa, Marco Ehrlich, Ana Margarida Castro Euler, Carlos Eduardo Frickmann Young, David Kaimowitz, Paulo Moutinho, Ismael Nobre, Hervé Rogez, Eduardo Roxo, Tatiana Schor, Luciana Villanova
Abstract
This chapter highlights the paradox between the Amazon’s extraordinary socio-biodiversity and its distance from the scientific, technological, and market frontier of the contemporary bioeconomy. It discusses the current socioeconomic structures available in the region, as well as challenges and pathways for a transition to a socially-fair and sustainable bioeconomy.
Topics & Concepts
Amazon rainforestFrontierBiodiversityNatural resource economicsGeographyBusinessEconomicsEcologyBiologyArchaeologyBioeconomy and Sustainability Development