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DOI | 10.1038/s41893-020-0537-2 |
Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon | |
Probst, Benedict1; BenYishay, Ariel2,3; Kontoleon, Andreas1; dos Reis, Tiago N. P.4,5 | |
2020-05-18 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE SUSTAINABILITY |
ISSN | 2398-9629 |
出版年 | 2020 |
文章类型 | Article;Early Access |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England; USA; Belgium; Brazil |
英文摘要 | A large-scale land-titling programme in the Brazilian Amazon did not affect forest cover in large landholdings, but induced deforestation in the small and medium ones, driven by crop and cattle price increases. Across carbon- and biodiversity-rich tropical forests, titling initiatives are implemented with the goal of regularizing land tenure and decreasing deforestation. However, the effect of tenure security on deforestation is theoretically ambiguous, and credible empirical evidence is lacking. We analyse the responses of 10,647 landholders between 2011 and 2016 to a large-scale land-titling programme called Terra Legal in the Brazilian Amazon, set to regulate an area as big as Germany and France combined. Using a fixed-effects regression modelling strategy and property-level data, we managed to explore the causal chain between land titling and deforestation. Contrary to expectations, we find evidence that small and medium landholders increased deforestation in response to the programme, whereas large landholders remained largely unaffected. Landholders with property titles deforest more as crop and cattle prices increase, indicating greater market integration at the expense of conservation. Our results suggest that titling alone without greater coordination with other policies will not yield the expected environmental benefits. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000533817300002 |
WOS关键词 | PROPERTY-RIGHTS ; FOREST CODE ; LAND ; TRANSFORMATIONS ; EMISSIONS ; SLOWDOWN ; PROGRAM |
WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/267648 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Cambridge, Dept Land Econ, Cambridge, England; 2.Coll William & Mary, Dept Econ, Williamsburg, VA USA; 3.AidData, Williamsburg, VA USA; 4.Catholic Univ Louvain, Earth & Life Inst, Louvain, Belgium; 5.Inst Pesquisa Ambiental Amazonia IPAM, Brasilia, DF, Brazil |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Probst, Benedict,BenYishay, Ariel,Kontoleon, Andreas,et al. Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon[J]. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,2020. |
APA | Probst, Benedict,BenYishay, Ariel,Kontoleon, Andreas,&dos Reis, Tiago N. P..(2020).Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY. |
MLA | Probst, Benedict,et al."Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY (2020). |
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