The productive autonomy of public forest-dwellers in the Amazon: two case studies of community timber management

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https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v13n1.2022.41279

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Brazil. Community forest management. Protected area. Self-rule perception. Traditional populations.

Abstract

Forest-dwellers in the Brazilian Amazon public forests share the management of the territory and natural resources with governmental agencies, subjecting themselves to State rules. This study aims to evaluate the perception of stakeholders about the autonomy of traditional communities to carry out community timber forest management (CFM) in two federal protected areas. A Swot analysis revealed mismatches in priorities among stakeholder groups (Communities, Government and Partners). Four autonomy parameters were evaluated by 111 stakeholders using a satisfaction questionnaire. Communities and Government had similar perceptions of the autonomy of communities to develop CFM, while Partners were pessimistic. Stakeholders showed greater satisfaction with communities’ social organization than with their business management ability. Licensing, operational tools and administrative knowledge were perceived as bottlenecks for community enterprises. Nevertheless, targeted public policies and a minimum regulatory requirement for CFM may guarantee community autonomy to maintain their way of life and make their forest enterprises viable.

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Author Biographies

Jéssica Pacheco, Masters' in Development Planning, Center for Advanced Amazonian Studies, The Federal University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil

Lawyer and Legal Adviser for a traditional riverside community in Pará. Master in Development Planning, concentration area in socio-environmental development (UFPA). Her research interests include rights of traditional peoples and communities; socio-environmental law; and community forest management.

Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, PhD in Ecology, Professor, Center for Advanced Amazonian Studies, The Federal University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil

Biologist. Ph.D in Ecology (UNICAMP). Dr Azevedo-Ramos is a Professor at the Federal University of Pará, Brazil. She was a researcher at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute - IPAM (2004-2006) and former Director of the Brazilian Forest Service (2006-2014). Her research interests include tropical forest ecology and management; land use changes; and conservation policies and governance.

Eduardo Nakano, PhD in Statistics, Associate professor, Department of Statistics, The University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil

Associate professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Brasília. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of São Paulo in 2010. His research interests include Bayesian analysis, survival analysis as well as Biostatistics.

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2022-04-29

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Pacheco, J., Azevedo-Ramos, C., & Nakano, E. (2022). The productive autonomy of public forest-dwellers in the Amazon: two case studies of community timber management. Sustainability in Debate, 13(1), 313. https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v13n1.2022.41279

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