THE SOCIAL COST OF DEFORESTATION OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON: THE CASE OF THE BRAZILIAN CHESTNUT (Bertholletia excelsa)

• Autor(a) principal: Angelo, Humberto
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Pompermayer, Raquel Souza, Almeida, Alexandre Nascimento de, Moreira, José Mauro Magalhães Ávila Paz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ciência Florestal (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/cienciaflorestal/article/view/8452
• topic: social costs; deforestation; Brazilian nut; Amazonian; custo social; desmatamento; castanha-do-brasil; Amazônia

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/198050988452In this article, it is studied the deforestation of ‘castanha-do-brasil’ (Bertholletia excelsa) from the Brazilian tropical rainforest with emphasis on the valuation of social costs imposed on society by the reduction and the loss of forest cover from 1998 to 2008. To measure the social costs, the concept used was of Marshall economic surplus, which measures the level of welfare consumers and producers. From 1998 to 2008, the estimated average social costs were of R$ 11.6 million per year. The social costs falling 63% on producers and 37% on consumers. In conclusion, both, supply and demand, lose with damages in the Brazilian tropical rainforest.