O enredo da conservação no estado de Goiás: possibilidades e desafios para a valorização do Cerrado em pé

• Autor(a) principal: Leite, Juliana Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/3938
• topic: Mudanças climáticas; Pagamento por serviços ambientais; REDD+; Bioma Cerrado; Estado de Goiás; Climate change; Payment for environmental services; REDD+; Cerrado biome; State of Goiás; CIENCIAS HUMANAS::GEOGRAFIA

The topic of the implementation of economic instruments whilst environmental management mechanisms has been subject of great interest and considerable debate in various fields of scientific knowledge and political agendas of countries. This has happened mainly as a result of the increasing pressure on ecosystems and also because of the effects of climate change over the territories and human societies. Among these instruments, Payment for Environmental Services (PES), particularly those related to forests (REDD+), arises as a tool that, together with the traditional mechanisms of command and control, can guide and encourage sustainable activities, considering criteria such as environmental effectiveness, economic efficiency and social justice. From this brief reference framework, this work permeates the issue of climate change, its institutionalization in international agreements, the growing importance given to the concepts of green economy, payment for environmental services and REDD+ and how these issues stepped into the national territory – since the structuring of legal and institutional frameworks on the issue, until the experiences of local projects. In this sense, the thesis outlines the prospects and challenges for application of PES in the State of Goiás - Brazil, with REDD+ mechanism on the background and the Cerrado biome as a possible protagonist of this new perspective. The results of this study refer to what in fact PES (REDD+) is still in essence: innovating experiences, many of them recent and that are in need of adjustments for the existing realities, otherwise will be condemned to failure. Beyond the State of Goiás’ physical characteristics and a government effort to provide the implementation of this type of policy, it is also relevant to highlight that political, institutional and technical-operational challenges must be faced and overcame locally, so that this policy can be feasible and effective as a mechanism for reducing offset deforestation and conservation of the Cerrado. Thus, issues associated to the strengthening of the institutional framework, land regularization (ownership of land) and environmental knowledge related aspects emerge as key assets to leverage these initiatives. At the end, components that can aid the design of this type of policy are presented, seeking to support their implementation and encourage initiatives to protect the Cerrado biome.