Influence of Environmental Governance on Deforestation in Municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon

It has been argued that measuring governance at scales smaller than global could be an important management tool. However, current studies are conducted on a global scale and use expensive methods. In the present study, we assess whether the reported governance of Amazonian municipalities is related...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-07, Vol.10 (7), p.e0131425-e0131425
Main Authors: Dias, Lilian Fernandes Oliveira, Dias, David Valentim, Magnusson, William Ernest
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Balances (scales)
Brazil
Cities
Conservation
Conservation of Natural Resources - economics
Conservation of Natural Resources - legislation & jurisprudence
Conservation of Natural Resources - methods
Deforestation
Economic conditions
Environment
Environmental governance
Environmental policy
Environmental Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Environmental statistics
Forests
Geography
Government Regulation
Humans
Municipalities
Natural resource management
Nature reserves
Preservation
Public policy
Rivers
Studies
Sustainability
Trees - growth & development
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Summary:It has been argued that measuring governance at scales smaller than global could be an important management tool. However, current studies are conducted on a global scale and use expensive methods. In the present study, we assess whether the reported governance of Amazonian municipalities is related to reductions in deforestation. Economic activity (EA) affected general governance (G) positively (G = 0.81 +1.19 * EA, F1, 98 = 77.36, p < 0.001). Environmental governance (EG) was not affected significantly (p = 0.43) by deforestation before 2000 (PD), but increased significantly (p < 0.001) with general governance (G) (EG = -0.29 + 0.04 PD+0.98*OG, F2,97 = 42.6, p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131425