A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Valera, C. A. [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Pissarra, T. C.T. [UNESP], Martins Filho, M. V. [UNESP], Valle Junior, R. F., Sanches Fernandes, L. F., Pacheco, F. A.L.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.04.036
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/169683
Resumo: The “polluter pays principle” (PPP) has been looked at from the perspective of legal values and technical principles, namely of soil science, to evaluate the acceleration of soil erosion and the consequent development of degraded areas in the Uberaba River basin (area: 2419 km2), state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Having accomplished this goal, the study highlights the importance of PPP for the conservation of soil and development of an ecologically equilibrated environment. The diagnosis of degraded areas was based on the coupling of a Geographic Information System with soil loss, land use conflict and tolerance to soil loss models, and revealed a preoccupying situation because an extension of approximately 905 km2 (1/3 of the basin) has been considered in advanced state of degradation potentially causing environmental damage (e.g., decline of soil fertility and hence crop production, negative impacts of soil particles export on stream and lake water quality and biodiversity of riverine ecosystems). Facing this problem, a legal framework standing on doctrinaire principles, federal laws and the Brazilian Constitution has been proposed whereby the protagonists of soil degradation are called to assume responsibility as well as the costs of repairing this negative condition. Although the study has been carried out on a specific country under pre-defined settings, the rationale behind the proposals can easily be transposed to other scenarios because the scientific methods on which soil degradation has been defined and mapped are generally applicable, while the suggested legal values are currently applied to many regions on the planet.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil
title A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil
spellingShingle A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil
Valera, C. A. [UNESP]
Degraded area
Environmental damage
Geographic information system
Law
Legal responsibility
Soil erosion
title_short A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil
title_full A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil
title_fullStr A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil
title_sort A legal framework with scientific basis for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ to soil conservation in rural watersheds in Brazil
author Valera, C. A. [UNESP]
author_facet Valera, C. A. [UNESP]
Pissarra, T. C.T. [UNESP]
Martins Filho, M. V. [UNESP]
Valle Junior, R. F.
Sanches Fernandes, L. F.
Pacheco, F. A.L.
author_role author
author2 Pissarra, T. C.T. [UNESP]
Martins Filho, M. V. [UNESP]
Valle Junior, R. F.
Sanches Fernandes, L. F.
Pacheco, F. A.L.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Promotoria de Justiça do Ministério Público do Estado de Minas Gerais
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Estado de Minas Gerais
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Valera, C. A. [UNESP]
Pissarra, T. C.T. [UNESP]
Martins Filho, M. V. [UNESP]
Valle Junior, R. F.
Sanches Fernandes, L. F.
Pacheco, F. A.L.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Degraded area
Environmental damage
Geographic information system
Law
Legal responsibility
Soil erosion
topic Degraded area
Environmental damage
Geographic information system
Law
Legal responsibility
Soil erosion
description The “polluter pays principle” (PPP) has been looked at from the perspective of legal values and technical principles, namely of soil science, to evaluate the acceleration of soil erosion and the consequent development of degraded areas in the Uberaba River basin (area: 2419 km2), state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Having accomplished this goal, the study highlights the importance of PPP for the conservation of soil and development of an ecologically equilibrated environment. The diagnosis of degraded areas was based on the coupling of a Geographic Information System with soil loss, land use conflict and tolerance to soil loss models, and revealed a preoccupying situation because an extension of approximately 905 km2 (1/3 of the basin) has been considered in advanced state of degradation potentially causing environmental damage (e.g., decline of soil fertility and hence crop production, negative impacts of soil particles export on stream and lake water quality and biodiversity of riverine ecosystems). Facing this problem, a legal framework standing on doctrinaire principles, federal laws and the Brazilian Constitution has been proposed whereby the protagonists of soil degradation are called to assume responsibility as well as the costs of repairing this negative condition. Although the study has been carried out on a specific country under pre-defined settings, the rationale behind the proposals can easily be transposed to other scenarios because the scientific methods on which soil degradation has been defined and mapped are generally applicable, while the suggested legal values are currently applied to many regions on the planet.
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