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Reversing deforestation? Bioenergy and society in two Brazilian models

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  • Ceccon, Eliane
  • Miramontes, Octavio

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Year after year, the deforestation rates in Brazil are alarming and this country is one of largest consumers of biomass energy in the world. In order to respond to this scenario, Brazil has developed a vast forest potential that, by the other hand, has attracted the attention of environmental groups that struggle to reduce the establishment of large-scale exotic species plantations. To respond to both pressures (the productive and environmental), the non-governmental and the private sectors have developed two innovative and independent forms of social participation for addressing this matter. The non-governmental sector created the Forest Replacement Associations and the private companies created the Small-Farmers Forest Partners Program. An overview and an analysis of both models is presented here.

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  • Ceccon, Eliane & Miramontes, Octavio, 2008. "Reversing deforestation? Bioenergy and society in two Brazilian models," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(2), pages 311-317, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:67:y:2008:i:2:p:311-317
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    1. Mohd Alsaleh & A. S. Abdul-Rahim, 2022. "An evaluation of bioenergy industry sustainability impacts on forest degradation: evidence from European Union economies," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 1738-1760, February.
    2. Buonomenna, M.G. & Bae, J., 2015. "Membrane processes and renewable energies," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 1343-1398.
    3. Acosta-Michlik, Lilibeth & Lucht, Wolfgang & Bondeau, Alberte & Beringer, Tim, 2011. "Integrated assessment of sustainability trade-offs and pathways for global bioenergy production: Framing a novel hybrid approach," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(6), pages 2791-2809, August.

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