Influence of Environmental Governance on Deforestation in Municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon
It has been argued that measuring governance at scales smaller than global could be an important management tool. However, current studies are conducted on a global scale and use expensive methods. In the present study, we assess whether the reported governance of Amazonian municipalities is related...
| Autor principal: | Dias, Lilian Fernandes Oliveira |
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oai:repositorio:1-14694 Influence of Environmental Governance on Deforestation in Municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon Dias, Lilian Fernandes Oliveira Dias, David Valentim Magnusson, William Ernest Brasil City Economics Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Forest Geography Government Regulation Growth, Development And Aging Human Legislation And Jurisprudence Procedures River Tree Brasil Cities Conservation Of Natural Resources Environment Environmental Policy Forests Geography Government Regulation Humans Rivers Trees It has been argued that measuring governance at scales smaller than global could be an important management tool. However, current studies are conducted on a global scale and use expensive methods. In the present study, we assess whether the reported governance of Amazonian municipalities is related to reductions in deforestation. Economic activity (EA) affected general governance (G) positively (G = 0.81 +1.19 ∗ EA, F1, 98 = 77.36, p < 0.001). Environmental governance (EG) was not affected significantly (p = 0.43) by deforestation before 2000 (PD), but increased significantly (p < 0.001) with general governance (G) (EG = -0.29 + 0.04 PD+0.98∗OG, F2,97 = 42.6, p <0.001). Deforestation was not significantly related to environmental governance (p = 0.82). The only indirect effect of significant magnitude was the effect of the density of forest reserves on recent deforestation through deforestation before 2000, which was strongly negative (-0.49). It is possible to assess reported actions to promote municipal governance through official data. However, it is not enough to assume that general governance or environmental governance at the municipal level, as reflected in the official statistics, benefits environmental conservation. In fact, even at the level of nation states, at which most quantification of governance has been undertaken, it seems that the relationship between governance and environmental preservation is only an assumption, because we are aware of no study that supports that hypothesis quantitatively. © 2015 Dias et al. 2020-04-24T17:00:26Z 2020-04-24T17:00:26Z 2015 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/14694 10.1371/journal.pone.0131425 en Volume 10, Número 7 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/ application/pdf PLoS ONE |
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Brasil City Economics Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Forest Geography Government Regulation Growth, Development And Aging Human Legislation And Jurisprudence Procedures River Tree Brasil Cities Conservation Of Natural Resources Environment Environmental Policy Forests Geography Government Regulation Humans Rivers Trees |
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Brasil City Economics Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Forest Geography Government Regulation Growth, Development And Aging Human Legislation And Jurisprudence Procedures River Tree Brasil Cities Conservation Of Natural Resources Environment Environmental Policy Forests Geography Government Regulation Humans Rivers Trees Dias, Lilian Fernandes Oliveira Influence of Environmental Governance on Deforestation in Municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon |
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Brasil City Economics Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Forest Geography Government Regulation Growth, Development And Aging Human Legislation And Jurisprudence Procedures River Tree Brasil Cities Conservation Of Natural Resources Environment Environmental Policy Forests Geography Government Regulation Humans Rivers Trees |
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It has been argued that measuring governance at scales smaller than global could be an important management tool. However, current studies are conducted on a global scale and use expensive methods. In the present study, we assess whether the reported governance of Amazonian municipalities is related to reductions in deforestation. Economic activity (EA) affected general governance (G) positively (G = 0.81 +1.19 ∗ EA, F1, 98 = 77.36, p < 0.001). Environmental governance (EG) was not affected significantly (p = 0.43) by deforestation before 2000 (PD), but increased significantly (p < 0.001) with general governance (G) (EG = -0.29 + 0.04 PD+0.98∗OG, F2,97 = 42.6, p <0.001). Deforestation was not significantly related to environmental governance (p = 0.82). The only indirect effect of significant magnitude was the effect of the density of forest reserves on recent deforestation through deforestation before 2000, which was strongly negative (-0.49). It is possible to assess reported actions to promote municipal governance through official data. However, it is not enough to assume that general governance or environmental governance at the municipal level, as reflected in the official statistics, benefits environmental conservation. In fact, even at the level of nation states, at which most quantification of governance has been undertaken, it seems that the relationship between governance and environmental preservation is only an assumption, because we are aware of no study that supports that hypothesis quantitatively. © 2015 Dias et al. |
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Dias, Lilian Fernandes Oliveira |
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Dias, David Valentim Magnusson, William Ernest |
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Dias, David Valentim Magnusson, William Ernest |
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Influence of Environmental Governance on Deforestation in Municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon |
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Influence of Environmental Governance on Deforestation in Municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon |
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Influence of Environmental Governance on Deforestation in Municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon |
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Influence of Environmental Governance on Deforestation in Municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon |
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Influence of Environmental Governance on Deforestation in Municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon |
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influence of environmental governance on deforestation in municipalities of the brazilian amazon |
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2020 |
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