A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: The Sustainable Amazon Network

• Autor(a) principal: Gardner, Toby Alan
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Joice Nunes, Barlow, Jos, Lees, Alexander C., Parry, Luke, Guimarães Vieira, Ima Cèlia, Berenguer, Erika, Abramovay, Ricardo, Aleixo, Alexandre, Andretti, Christian Borges, Aragao, L. E.O.C., Araújo, Ivanei Souza, Ávila, Williams Souza de, Bardgett, Richard D., Batistella, Mateus, Begotti, Rodrigo Anzolin, Beldini, Troy Patrick, Blas, Driss Ezzine de, Braga, Rodrigo Fagundes, Lima Braga, Danielle de, Brito, Janaína Gomes de, Camargo, Plínio Barbosa de, dos Santos, Fabiane Campos, Oliveira, Vívian Campos de, Nunes Cordeiro, Amanda Cardoso, Cardoso, Thiago Moreira, Carvalho, Débora Reis de, Castelani, Sergio André, Mário Chaul, Júlio Cézar, Cerri, Carlos Eduardo Pelegrino, Assis Costa, Francisco de, Costa, Carla Daniele Furtado da, Coudel, Émilie, Coutinho, Alexandre Camargo, Cunha, Dênis Antônio da, D'Antona, Álvaro O., Dezincourt, Joelma, Dias-Silva, Karina, Durigan, Mariana Regina, Esquerdo, Júlio César Dalla Mora, Féres, José Gustavo, Ferraz, Silvio Frosini de Barros, Melo Ferreira, Amanda Estefânia de, Fiorini, Ana Carolina, Silva, Lenise Vargas Flores da, Frazão, Fábio Soares, Garrett, Rachael D., dos Santos Gomes, Alessandra, Silva Gonçalves, Karoline da, Guerrero, José Benito, Hamada, Neusa, Hughes, Robert Mason, Igliori, Danilo Camargo, Conceição Jesus, Ederson da, Juen, Leandro, Junior, Miércio, Oliveira, José Max Barbosa de, Oliveira, Raimundo Cosme de, Junior, Carlos Souza, Kaufmann, Philip Robert, Korasaki, Vanesca, Leal, Cecília Gontijo, Leitão, Rafael Pereira, Lima, Natália da Silva, Fátima Lopes Almeida, Maria de, Lourival, Reinaldo F.F., Louzada, Julio, Mac Nally, Ralph, Marchand, Sebástien, Maués, M. M., Moreira, Fátima Maria de Souza, Morsello, Carla, Moura, Nárgila G., Nessimian, Jorge, Nunes, S?mia, Fonseca Oliveira, Victor Hugo, Pardini, Renata, Pereira, Heloisa Correia, dos Santos Pompeu, Paulo, Ribas, Carla Rodrigues, Rossetti, Felipe, Schmidt, Fernando Augusto, Silva, Rodrigo da, Silva, Regina Célia Viana Martins da, Silva, Thiago Fonseca Morello Ramalho da, Silveira, Juliana M., Siqueira, João Victor, Carvalho, Teotônio Soares de, Solar, Ricardo, Holanda Tancredi, Nicola Savério, R., Thomson, James, Torres, Patricia Carignano, Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., Stulpen Veiga, Ruan Carlo, Venturieri, Adriano, Viana, Cecília, Weinhold, Diana, Zanetti, Ronald, Zuanon, Jansen
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional do INPA
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/16061
• topic: Interdisciplinary Approach; Land-use Change; Socioeconomic Conditions; Sustainability; Sustainable Development; Trade-off; Tropical Environment; Tropical Forest; Amazonas; Brasil; Biodiversity; Brasil; Cost-benefit Analysis; Ecology; Economics; Ecosystem; Environmental Planning; Environmental Protection; Forestry; Human; Human Activities; Methodology; Policy; Procedures; Socioeconomics; Tropic Climate; Biodiversity; Brasil; Conservation Of Natural Resources; Cost-benefit Analysis; Ecology; Ecosystem; Environmental Policy; Forestry; Human Activities; Humans; Research Design; Social Planning; Socioeconomic Factors; Tropical Climate

Science has a critical role to play in guiding more sustainable development trajectories. Here, we present the Sustainable Amazon Network (Rede Amazônia Sustentável, RAS): a multidisciplinary research initiative involving more than 30 partner organizations working to assess both social and ecological dimensions of land-use sustainability in eastern Brazilian Amazonia. The research approach adopted by RAS offers three advantages for addressing land-use sustainability problems: (i) the collection of synchronized and co-located ecological and socioeconomic data across broad gradients of past and present human use; (ii) a nested sampling design to aid comparison of ecological and socioeconomic conditions associated with different land uses across local, landscape and regional scales; and (iii) a strong engagement with a wide variety of actors and non-research institutions. Here, we elaborate on these key features, and identify the ways in which RAS can help in highlighting those problems in most urgent need of attention, and in guiding improvements in land-use sustainability in Amazonia and elsewhere in the tropics. We also discuss some of the practical lessons, limitations and realities faced during the development of the RAS initiative so far. © 2013 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.