FIRES IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON: WHY DOES POLICY HAVE A LIMITED IMPACT?

FIRES IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON: WHY DOES POLICY HAVE A LIMITED IMPACT?

Abstract The paper identifies the key factors limiting the effectiveness of current public policies to reduce Brazilian Amazon fires. Among them, (i) the dominant allocation of budget to fire suppression in detriment of prevention, (ii) the geographical limitation of the federal action and the reduc...

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Main Authors: THIAGO FONSECA-MORELLO, ROSSANO RAMOS, LARA STEIL, LUKE PARRY, JOS BARLOW, NILS MARKUSSON, AMANDA FERREIRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade (ANPPAS) 2017-12-01
Series:Ambiente & Sociedade
Subjects:
public policy
Amazon
fire
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/asoc/v20n4/1809-4422-asoc-20-04-00019.pdf

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