A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: The Sustainable Amazon Network

Gardner T.; Ferreira J.; Barlow J.; Lees A.C.; Parry L.; Guimarães Vieira I.C.; Berenguer E.; Abramovay R.; Aleixo A.; Andretti C.; Aragao L.E.O.C.; Araújo I.; Souza de Avila W.; Bardget R.D.; Batistella M.; Anzolin Begotti R.; Beldini T.; Ezzine de Blas D.; Fagundes Braga R.; De Lima Braga D.; Gomes de Brito J.; Barbosa de Camargo P.; Campos dos Santos F.; Campos de Oliveira V.; Cardoso Nunes Cordeiro A.; Moreira Cardoso T.; Reis de Carvalho D.; Castelani S.A.; Mário Chaul J.C.; Cerri C.E.P.; De Assis Costa F.; Furtado da Costa C.D.; Coudel E.; et al.

A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: The Sustainable Amazon Network

2013

Science has a critical role to play in guiding more sustainable development trajectories. Here, we present the Sustainable Amazon Network (Rede Amazônia Sustentável, RAS): a multidisciplinary research initiative involving more than 30 partner organizations working to assess both social and ecological dimensions of land-use sustainability in eastern Brazilian Amazonia. The research approach adopted by RAS offers three advantages for addressing land-use sustainability problems: (i) the collection of synchronized and co-located ecological and socioeconomic data across broad gradients of past and present human use; (ii) a nested sampling design to aid comparison of ecological and socioeconomic conditions associated with different land uses across local, landscape and regional scales; and (iii) a strong engagement with a wide variety of actors and non-research institutions. Here, we elaborate on these key features, and identify the ways in which RAS can help in highlighting those problems in most urgent need of attention, and in guiding improvements in land-use sustainability in Amazonia and elsewhere in the tropics. We also discuss some of the practical lessons, limitations and realities faced during the development of the RAS initiative so far. (Résumé d'auteur)

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Mots clés AGROVOC

amazonie brésil développement durable environnement socioéconomique impact sur l'environnement réseau de recherche sol tropical utilisation des terres zone tropicale

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Publié dans

Philosophical Transactions - Royal Society. Biological Sciences

Volume 368 Numéro 1619

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p. 1-11

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Journal Article; Journal Part

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Gardner T., Ferreira J., Barlow J., Lees A.C., Parry L., Guimarães Vieira I.C., Berenguer E., Abramovay R., Aleixo A., Andretti C., Aragao L.E.O.C., Araújo I., Souza de Avila W., Bardget R.D., Batistella M., Anzolin Begotti R., Beldini T., Ezzine de Blas D., Fagundes Braga R., De Lima Braga D., Gomes de Brito J., Barbosa de Camargo P., Campos dos Santos F., Campos de Oliveira V., Cardoso Nunes Cordeiro A., Moreira Cardoso T., Reis de Carvalho D., Castelani S.A., Mário Chaul J.C., Cerri C.E.P., De Assis Costa F., Furtado da Costa C.D., Coudel E., et al. 2013. A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: The Sustainable Amazon Network. Philosophical Transactions - Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 368 (1619) : p. 1-11 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0166

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