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A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2013, 368 (1619), pp.20120166. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2012.0166⟩, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The, 2013, 368 (1619), pp.20120166. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2012.0166⟩, CIÊNCIAVITAE, Repositório Institucional do INPA, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), instacron:INPA, Philosophical Transactions-Royal Society. Biological Sciences
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Economics
Tropical Environment
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Land-use Change
Trade-off
010501 environmental sciences
Procedures
Corrections
01 natural sciences
Tropic Climate
Réseau de recherche
E14 - Économie et politique du développement
Multidisciplinary approach
11. Sustainability
Land use, land-use change and forestry
Human Activities
Conservation Of Natural Resources
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Utilisation des terres
0303 health sciences
Ecology
Amazon rainforest
Environnement socioéconomique
Environmental resource management
1. No poverty
Cost-benefit Analysis
Forestry
Biodiversity
Articles
Sustainable Development
Sol tropical
Variety (cybernetics)
Environmental Policy
E11 - Économie et politique foncières
Policy
Geography
Sustainability
Research Design
jel:Q15
Social Planning
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Brazil
Zone tropicale
Human
Interdisciplinary Approach
Conservation of Natural Resources
Amazonas
010603 evolutionary biology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
12. Responsible consumption
03 medical and health sciences
Tropical Forest
Humans
Environmental Planning
Ecosystem
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
030304 developmental biology
Sustainable development
Tropical Climate
Land use
business.industry
Brasil
Impact sur l'environnement
Methodology
Ecological assessment
15. Life on land
[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society
interdisciplinary research
land use
social-ecological systems
sustainability
trade-offs
tropical forests
Socioeconomic Conditions
Socioeconomic Factors
Développement durable
Socioeconomics
[SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies
HD100 Land Use
[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
business
Environmental Protection
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- ISSN :
- 09628436 and 14712970
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2013, 368 (1619), pp.20120166. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2012.0166⟩, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The, 2013, 368 (1619), pp.20120166. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2012.0166⟩, CIÊNCIAVITAE, Repositório Institucional do INPA, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), instacron:INPA, Philosophical Transactions-Royal Society. Biological Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e8e23b3659142c0a3d92ec638733bb97