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"CARAUARI, Brazil (AP) — In a remote corner of the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists
are trying to succeed where a lack of governance has proved disastrous. They’re
managing a stretch of land in a way that welcomes both local people and
scientists to engage in preserving the world’s largest tropical forest.
The goal is ambitious, counter the forces that have destroyed 10% of the forest
in less than four decades and create something that can be replicated in other
parts of the Amazon.
It began with a four-month expedition along the Juruá River in 2016.
Researchers visited some 100 communities that at first sight looked similar:
rows of wooden homes on stilts along the water. But they were struck by
contrasts in the living conditions.
To understand what they saw, it’s important to know that 29% of the Amazon, an
area roughly three times the size of California, is either public land with no
special protection, or public land for which no public information exists,
according to a study by the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment.
These areas have been shown to be more vulnerable to deforestation. Land
robbers drive traditional communities off the land and then clear it, hoping
the government will recognize them as owners, which usually happens.
“It’s very unequal. Inside protected areas, there are many positive things
happening, but outside, they seemed to be 40 years behind,” João Vitor
Campos-Silva, a tropical socio-ecologist, told
The Associated Press."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
