Navigating Amazonia under uncertainty: past, present and future environmental governance

One of the major environmental challenges of the twenty-first century is the continued rapid deforestation of Amazonia. The 2005 dieback crisis emphasizes the unprecedented challenges facing Brazil. The examination of past and present institutions for ecosystem management, in Amazonia, shows structu...

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Main Author: Boyd, E
Other Authors: Martin, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Royal Society 2008
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description One of the major environmental challenges of the twenty-first century is the continued rapid deforestation of Amazonia. The 2005 dieback crisis emphasizes the unprecedented challenges facing Brazil. The examination of past and present institutions for ecosystem management, in Amazonia, shows structural barriers across public, private and community arrangements. The adaptive governance concept helps to understand why these institutions are failing to deliver sustainable futures. In looking forward, it is encouraging to see that important networks of knowledge and a number of novel initiatives are emerging in Brazil. These new arrangements are novel in the way that they seem to be adaptive and navigate structures in the hope of overcoming insurmountable drivers of deforestation.
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Environmental change
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Navigating Amazonia under uncertainty: past, present and future environmental governance
title Navigating Amazonia under uncertainty: past, present and future environmental governance
title_full Navigating Amazonia under uncertainty: past, present and future environmental governance
title_fullStr Navigating Amazonia under uncertainty: past, present and future environmental governance
title_full_unstemmed Navigating Amazonia under uncertainty: past, present and future environmental governance
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Environmental change
Environment
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