12 research outputs found

    Land privatization and deforestation in a commodity production frontier.

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    Abstract:Conservation policies often promote land privatization to reduce incentives for deforestation. However, empirical evidence on the relationship between land?tenure form and forest conservation outcomes is inconclusive. We combined key informant mapping and geospatial analyses to test the association between the area under tenure and the area deforested by extra?local private and local nonprivate agents in the Argentine Dry Chaco over four decades (1976?2016). The study area is a typical commodity production frontier within a global deforestation hotspot. We found a strong spatial and temporal coupling between the area under tenure and the area deforested by extra?local private agents from 1987 to 2006, when a 59% increase in the former was accompanied by a 508% increase in the latter. Local private agents maintained high levels of forest cover, similarly to local nonprivate agents. Our findings have implications for the adaptive design of the Forest Law in the Argentine Dry Chaco

    Cuál es la situación de la Ley de Bosques en la Región Chaqueña a diez años de su sanción? Revisar su pasado para discutir su futuro. [What is the status of the forest law in the chaco region ten years after its enaction? Reviewing its past to discuss its future?].

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    RESUMEN. En un complejo escenario ambiental, productivo y socioeconómico, el 28 de noviembre de 2007 fue sancionada en Argentina la Ley Nacional Nº 26.331 de ?Presupuestos Mínimos de Protección Ambiental de los Bosques Nativos" (conocida como "Ley de bosques") con el propósito de proteger los bosques nativos a escala nacional. En este artículo nos proponemos realizar una síntesis crítica de la información disponible acerca de esta ley a diez años de su sanción, con una aproximación que toma en cuenta aspectos ambientales, económicosy sociales. Caracterizamos el desempeño de esta ley en la Región Chaqueña en cuanto a diferentes dimensiones, identificamos sus principales desafíos y describimos una serie de propuestas que desde el sector de Ciencia y Técnica pueden contribuir a su (re)diseño e implementación en el contexto de las actualizaciones de los Ordenamientos Territoriales de Bosques Nativos provinciales. Para ello, integramos información disponible proveniente de distintas fuentes, tales como normativas (nacionales y provinciales), literatura científica, informes de organismos estatales y de ONG y artículos periodísticos. La Ley de Bosques instaló en la opinión pública de nuestro país la problemática vinculada a la pérdida de bosques nativos y se ha posicionado como el principal instrumento de política forestal nacional para su protección. Si bien hubo una reducción en las tasas de deforestación en la región Chaqueña, no existen evidencias certeras de que esta reducción se deba a su aplicación. La Ley de Bosques en la Región Chaqueña presenta una serie de desafíos para mejorar su desempeño en cuanto a su efectividad, equidad y legitimidad social. En este trabajo se presentan diez observaciones que emergen de la revisión realizada. Por otro lado, se esbozan una serie de propuestas de investigación y acción en torno a la ley vinculadas a esas observaciones.© 2018, Asociacion Argentina de Ecologia. All Right reserved.ABSTRACT.In a complex environmental, productive and socioeconomic scenario, on November 28th, 2007, the National Act N°26.331 of ?Minimum Standards for the Environmental Protection of Native Forests? (known as the ?Forest Law?) was sanctioned in Argentina with the purpose of protecting native forests at the national scale. In this article, we aim to critically synthesize the available information about this law ten years after its sanction from an approach that takes into account environmental, economic and social aspects. In particular, we characterize the performance of this law in the Chaco Region in different dimensions, identify its main challenges and describe a series of proposals that from the science and technology sector can contribute to its (re)design and implementation in the context of the revisions of the Provincial Native Forest Land Use Planning Programs. In order to accomplish these objectives, we integrated information available from different sources, such as laws and regulations (national and provincial), scientific literature, reports from government agencies and NGOs and newspaper articles. The Forest Law installed in the public opinion of our country the problems related to the loss of native forests and has positioned itself as the main national instrument for forest conservation. Although deforestation rates lowered in the Chaco Region, there is no clear evidence that this reduction was due to its application. The Forest Law in the Chaco Region presents a series of challenges to improve its performance in terms of its effectiveness, equity and social legitimacy. In this paper, we present ten observations that emerge from the review carried out. On the other hand, linked to these observations, we outline a series of research and action proposals for enhancing the performance of the law. © 2018, Asociacion Argentina de Ecologia. All Right reserved

    Modeling Parkinson’s Disease in Zebrafish

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    Introduction: The changing microbial environment, Darwinian medicine and the hygiene hypothesis

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    γ-Secretase Mediated Proteolysis: At the Cutting Edge of Notch Signaling

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    Insights for policy-based conservation strategies for the Rio de la Plata Grasslands through the IPBES framework

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    The Unfolded Protein Response

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