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Formalizing tenure of Indigenous lands improved forest outcomes in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
Benzeev, Rayna; Zhang, Sam; Rauber, Marcelo Artur; Vance, Eric A; Newton, Peter.
Afiliação
  • Benzeev R; Department of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.
  • Zhang S; Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • Rauber MA; Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • Vance EA; Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
  • Newton P; Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ 23890-000, Brazil.
PNAS Nexus ; 2(1): pgac287, 2023 Jan.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36712937
Across the globe, the legal land rights and tenure of many Indigenous peoples are yet to be recognized. A growing body of research demonstrates that tenure of Indigenous lands improves livelihoods and protects forests in addition to inherently recognizing human rights. However, the effect of tenure on environmental outcomes has scarcely been tested in regions with high development pressure, such as those with persisting forest-agriculture conflicts. In this paper, we conduct an event study and a difference-in-differences analysis to estimate the average treatment effect of land tenure on forest cover change for 129 Indigenous lands in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil from 1985 to 2019. We found that forest outcomes in Indigenous lands improved following tenure compared to pretenure and that forest outcomes improved in tenured compared to nontenured lands. We also found that formalized tenure, rather than incomplete tenure, was necessary to improve forest outcomes. Our study is the first rigorous analysis of the effect of tenure on Indigenous lands in the globally important Atlantic Forest biome and contributes to a growing body of literature on the role of rights-based approaches to conservation. The evidence presented in this study may support efforts to secure the legal rights and autonomy of Indigenous peoples.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: PNAS Nexus Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: PNAS Nexus Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Reino Unido