Beyond zero deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Progress and remaining challenges to sustainable cattle intensification
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
Pacheco, P.,Piketty, M.G.,Poccard-Chapuis, R.,Garcia-Drigo, I.,El Husny, J.C.,Gomes, M.,Tourrand, J-F.
Publication year
2017
