Cost of opportunity: economic competitiveness of community forest management by land use.

• Autor(a) principal: SILVA, D. A. S. da
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: FERREIRA, R. L. C., GUEDES, M. C., SOUSA, C. S. C. de, LIMA, R. B. de, ALMEIDA, A. S. de, SILVA, E. F. da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1085989
• topic: Multiple use; Uso múltiplo; Agricultural aptitude; Agricultural production; Family farming; Management; Aptidão agricola; Uso da terra; Agricultura familiar; Gestão; Produção agricola; Land use

The structuring of a consolidated forest economy in the Amazon region would be an unprecedented contribution to the conservation and socioeconomics of the rural community. Therefore, the objective of this work was to conduct a literature review on the economic competitiveness of multiple-use community-forest management by land use in the Amazon region and thus elucidate the main causes and possible solutions for strengthening and enhancing a family-based forest economy in the region. Studies reported that despite the importance of the forest, the financial attractiveness of forest production under community-forest management was relatively limited when compared to other land-use options, such as agriculture. This was due to a set of factors, such as high initial or administrative costs, the demand for constant subsidies, low product prices, big challenges regarding infrastructure, and the long and bureaucratic process involved in obtaining the documentation necessary to establish a management plan. Thus, to effectively opt for forest management, it is necessary to focus on the planning of exploration, production control, insertion of new technologies and, forestry policy that aim to realize an orientation for multiple forest uses within the communities.