Amy E. Duchelle, A. Almeyda, N. Hoyos, M. Marsik, E. Broadbent, Karen A. Kainer
Presentation for the conference on
Taking stock of smallholders and community forestry
Montpellier France
March 24-26, 2010
Conservation in an Amazonian tri national frontier livelihoods and forest clearing in community-managed forests
1. Conservation in an Amazonian tri-national frontier: livelihoods and forest clearing in community-managed forests Amy E. Duchelle1,2, A. Almeyda3, N. Hoyos4, M. Marsik5, E. Broadbent3, Karen A. Kainer6 1Universidade Federal do Acre, Brazil / University of Florida 2Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) 3Stanford University 4Smithsonian Tropical Institute, Panama 5University of Washington 6University of Florida Taking Stock of Smallholder and Community Forest Management Montpellier, March 24-26, 2010
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3. Evidence for maintenance of forest cover in community-managed forests when compared to strict protected areas (Nepstad et al. 2006, Ellis & Porter-Bolland2008)
4. Forest clearing by smallholders and communities depends on social, political and economic context (Schmink1994, Wood 2002, Geist& Lambin 2002) along with livelihood strategies and opportunities (Kaimowitz and Angelsen 1998, Angelsen 2006, Chomitz 2007)
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13. Positive relationship between government aid and forest clearing in Acre is worrisome. REDD projects for smallholders in Brazilian Amazon being designed with the “bolsafamilia” model in mind
14. Adoption of cattle in Pando by communities along roads and close to Brazilian border following Acre trend
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Notes de l'éditeur
Community choice:Brazil nut producing communitiesRoad accessible90% cloud cover for 20-year period
Findings parallels region-wide study (Southworth et al, in prep) with exception of less deforestation in community managed forests in 2000-2005 in Acre and MDD Fragmentation and close proximity to roads helped explain deforestation at the pixel level (2000-2005