Pervasive legal threats to protected areas in Brazil

De Marques, Ana Alice Biedzicki and Peres, Carlos A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1588-8765 (2015) Pervasive legal threats to protected areas in Brazil. Oryx, 49 (1). pp. 25-29. ISSN 0030-6053

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Abstract

Brazil safeguards a vast network of parks and reserves, termed conservation units. The creation of conservation units follows a rigorous legal protocol that grants them long-term stability under varying degrees of formal protection against land-use change. Degazettement, downsizing or downgrading any conservation unit requires a law to be passed. Recent shifts in Brazilian conservation policy have, however, favoured infrastructure projects and agricultural land conversion, even when these initiatives are in direct conflict with established conservation units. Several bills have been proposed by the National Congress, threatening 27 conservation units and bringing the long-term political stability and legal immunity of hitherto sacrosanct reserves into serious question.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	brazil,degazettement,downgrading,downsizing,law,political pressure,protected areas,public policy,sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018)
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2015 07:33
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 00:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55556
DOI:	10.1017/S0030605314000726

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