More protected areas deforested in the Amazon have poor management and are in the area of influence of large infrastructure projects
Released last Saturday, "IMAZON - Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia" study analyzes the ten protected areas of the Amazon with more alerts of deforestation between August 2012 and March 2013.
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What they have in common: squatters and lack of management plan (with the exception of two), in addition to the absence or failure of supervision in some of them. This makes them vulnerable to threats that face, because all of them are in the area of infrastructure improvement or expansion, which attracts immigrants and makes deforestation more attractive economically.
"In those regions it is expected that deforestation is zero or close to it, because its destination is environmental conservation and the livelihoods of traditional and indigenous populations," explains Elis Aguilar, co-author of the study. "Failure or lack of supervision and management are the main factors for the control of deforestation not on protected areas", he adds.
The numbers show this trend: the areas analysed, which passed by a more intense surveillance between 2009 and 2011 – with largest area choked and had fines to offenders - had 68% reduction in deforestation between 2009 and 2012; while the protected areas which were little or not audited, showed an increase of 149% in deforestation during the same period.
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"The Government creates mechanisms to speed up the works, such as the "PAC - Plano de Aceleração do Crescimento" (Growth Acceleration Plan) but not accelerate the impacts mitigation plans", criticizes Paulo Barreto, one of the authors of the work.
Among the recommendations for these cases are the removal of the occupants, the immediate reinforcement in punishment of environmental crimes in the protected areas and the preparation of territorial and environmental management plans of most indigenous lands cleared.
Source: Imazon [Complete study, in Portuguese]
What they have in common: squatters and lack of management plan (with the exception of two), in addition to the absence or failure of supervision in some of them. This makes them vulnerable to threats that face, because all of them are in the area of infrastructure improvement or expansion, which attracts immigrants and makes deforestation more attractive economically.
"In those regions it is expected that deforestation is zero or close to it, because its destination is environmental conservation and the livelihoods of traditional and indigenous populations," explains Elis Aguilar, co-author of the study. "Failure or lack of supervision and management are the main factors for the control of deforestation not on protected areas", he adds.
The numbers show this trend: the areas analysed, which passed by a more intense surveillance between 2009 and 2011 – with largest area choked and had fines to offenders - had 68% reduction in deforestation between 2009 and 2012; while the protected areas which were little or not audited, showed an increase of 149% in deforestation during the same period.
[...]
"The Government creates mechanisms to speed up the works, such as the "PAC - Plano de Aceleração do Crescimento" (Growth Acceleration Plan) but not accelerate the impacts mitigation plans", criticizes Paulo Barreto, one of the authors of the work.
Among the recommendations for these cases are the removal of the occupants, the immediate reinforcement in punishment of environmental crimes in the protected areas and the preparation of territorial and environmental management plans of most indigenous lands cleared.
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