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Beyond zero deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Progress and remaining challenges to sustainable cattle intensification

Beyond zero deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Progress and remaining challenges to sustainable cattle intensification

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Date of publication
April 2017
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ISBN / Resource ID
handle:10568/80718
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Key Messages

• A governance approach, combining public policy and private initiatives was effective in slowing down deforestation, but

was unable to support a transition to more sustainable production systems.

• New technical intensification models must be identified for low-productivity systems in degraded lands, adapted to the

biophysical and sociotechnical conditions of the Amazonian landscapes.

• Multiple constraints inhibit progress toward sustainable intensification of cattle ranching, and reversing them requires that

all such constraints be addressed in a coordinated way.

• Designing options that work for all stakeholders, and monitoring and verifying progress of territories toward sustainability

is essential to support current public policies and private initiatives.

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Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Tourrand, Jean François
Pacheco, Pablo
Piketty, Marie-Gabrielle
Poccard-Chapuis, Rene
Garcia-Drigo, Isabel
El Husny, Jamil Chaar
Gomes, Mario
Nexus Socioambiental
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

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