Sustainability of the Bioenergy Agricultural Frontier in the Brazilian Amazon:

an overview

Authors

  • Wanja Janayna de Miranda Lameira Universidade Federal do Pará. Departamento de Geociências.
  • Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi ”“ MPEG - Belém
  • Peter Mann de Toledo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais ”“ INPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v6n2.2015.12696

Keywords:

Indicadores de Sustentabilidade, Palma de Óleo, Barômetro da Sustentabilidade, Amazônia

Abstract

This study presents an overview of the sustainability levels in seven municipalities in the Brazilian
state of Pará that are included in the oil palm production zone (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), in
Eastern Amazon. The area, of approximately 46,000 km², presents different patterns of land
use, and is currently considered as a priority for the implementation of the Brazilian national
policy of biofuels due to its favorable edafoclimatic conditions. The study is an ex ante evaluation
of the sustainability levels of the municipalities in Pará using a Sustainability Barometer - SB.
The authors used quantitative data from secondary sources dated from 2010 on, all adjusted to
the conceptual framework of the SB. Sixteen indicators were used to measure human well-being
(social indicators) and nine indicators for the ecological well-being (environmental indicators).
Results showed that all the analysed municipalities occupy intermediate and potentially unsustainable
positions in the SB scale, which reflects the socioeconomic and environmental fragility
of the studied area.

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Author Biographies

Wanja Janayna de Miranda Lameira, Universidade Federal do Pará. Departamento de Geociências.

Geógrafa. Doutoranda em Ciências Ambientais.

Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi ”“ MPEG - Belém

Agrônoma. Pesquisadora do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi ”“ MPEG - Belém.

Peter Mann de Toledo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais ”“ INPE

Biólogo. Pesquisador do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais ”“ INPE, São José dos Campos, São Paulo.

Published

2015-08-31

How to Cite

Lameira, W. J. de M., Vieira, I. C. G., & Toledo, P. M. de. (2015). Sustainability of the Bioenergy Agricultural Frontier in the Brazilian Amazon:: an overview. Sustainability in Debate, 6(2), 193–210. https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v6n2.2015.12696

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