Isabelle Tritsch|Damien Arvor
Transition in environmental governance in the Brazilian Amazon: emergence of a new pattern of socio-economic development and deforestation
Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques|Université Sorbonne Nouvelle|Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique|French National Centre for Scientific Research|University of Rennes 2
socioeconomic development brazilian amazon currently reaching national averages although deforestation activity declining decade consequence recent studies rejected widely agreed boomandbust development hypothesis deforestation first generates economic boom followed collapse forest resources depleted confirm studies boombust cycle suggest new pattern relationship deforestation socioeconomic development emerged following environmental kuznets curve ekc scenario environmental degradation increases early stages economic development decreases later stages economy develops wellbeing increases validate assumption conducted first submunicipal analysis socioeconomic development deforestation brazilian amazon 20002010 period results confirm emergence ekc relationship turning point beyond socioeconomic growth appear anymore driver deforestation also emphasize areas subjected active deforestation 2010 present lower socioeconomic indicators stabilized areas pointing precarious socioeconomic situation areas still undergoing active deforestation put results perspective considering brazilian efforts ensure transition environmental governance objective promoting land use sustainability control deforestation time supporting socioeconomic development