A efetividade da fiscalização do desmatamento ilegal nas unidades de conservação federais no estado do Acre
Deforestation in the Amazon is a matter of worldwide concern. Concern about the progressive loss of forest cover motivates various governmental actions such as the creation of conservation units and investments in environmental enforcement. Environmental enforcement is an instrument of environmental...
| Autor principal: | Terra, Govinda |
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| Grau: | Dissertação |
| Idioma: | por |
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA
2020
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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/12925 http://lattes.cnpq.br/3201384397487353 |
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Deforestation in the Amazon is a matter of worldwide concern. Concern about the progressive loss of forest cover motivates various governmental actions such as the creation of conservation units and investments in environmental enforcement. Environmental enforcement is an instrument of environmental management that, through coercive actions with the administrative sanctions provided for in the legislation, serves the purpose of compelling citizens to act in accordance with the country's environmental rules. Its effectiveness can be measured by its ability to modify human behavior through the effect of deterrence. Based on a model for analysis of the effectiveness of deforestation control, it is possible to measure the capacity to generate deterrence value by environmental inspection. This capacity, as opposed to the economic motivation to commit environmental infractions, reveals the effectiveness of the environmental inspection activity. In the state of Acre, the dynamics of deforestation within federal protected areas occurs in a variety of ways. The pressure by the resident population for resources, cattle breeding and infrastructure advancement are factors that influence deforestation rates measured by the monitoring systems. In the present study, the variables that compose the work process for environmental inspection in conservation units of the state of Acre were analyzed in order to verify its effectiveness in modifying behavior through deterrence. The results reveal a low deterrence value that is incapable of modifying the behavior of offenders. Based on this analysis, improvements are proposed for the environmental inspection work process within conservation units in order to increase the deterrence value. The difference between the low deterrence value caused by ICMBio inside the units and the somewhat higher deterrence value promoted by Ibama outside of the units is cause for concern regarding an increased risk of deforestation within these areas. An inherent limitation of environmental control is the use of coercive actions to deal with subsistence activities that escape the logic of economic rationality. These activities require articulation with other management instruments in order to address the problem of illegal deforestation within protected areas. |