Environmental policy at a critical junction in the Brazilian Amazon
Carlos A. Peres, João Vitor Campos‐Silva, Camila Duarte Ritter
Abstract
Wholesale conversion of natural Amazonian ecosystems has been encouraged by Brazil's extreme antienvironmental government, and historical forest loss explains municipal-scale voting prevalence. Embracing a new administration would strengthen local-to-regional governance, suppress illegal land grabbing, deforestation, logging, and gold mining, thereby protecting the world's most species-rich forest domain and ensuring global sustainability.
Topics & Concepts
Amazon rainforestDeforestation (computer science)SustainabilityIllegal loggingCorporate governanceNatural forestLoggingGovernment (linguistics)BusinessAmazonianEnvironmental governanceGeographyEnvironmental protectionNatural resource economicsForestryEcologyEconomicsLinguisticsComputer sciencePhilosophyProgramming languageBiologyFinanceConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEconomic and Technological InnovationMining and Resource Management