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  • Conserving Brazil's Atlantic forests

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    Author(s)
    Buckley, R
    De Vasconcellos Pegas, F
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Buckley, Ralf
    Pegas, Fernanda V.
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    In their Report “Using ecological thresholds to evaluate the costs and benefits of set-asides in a biodiversity hotspot” (29 August, p. 1041), C. Banks-Leite et al. calculate that Brazil could protect the most biodiverse 30% of its 143 million hectares of endangered Atlantic forests by reallocating 6.5% of its agricultural subsidies to pay landowners to set aside land for restoration. Reallocations are unlikely, however, because agrosubsidies serve different political constituencies than conservation incentives (1). Meanwhile, a successful and much cheaper stepwise program could be expanded.In their Report “Using ecological thresholds to evaluate the costs and benefits of set-asides in a biodiversity hotspot” (29 August, p. 1041), C. Banks-Leite et al. calculate that Brazil could protect the most biodiverse 30% of its 143 million hectares of endangered Atlantic forests by reallocating 6.5% of its agricultural subsidies to pay landowners to set aside land for restoration. Reallocations are unlikely, however, because agrosubsidies serve different political constituencies than conservation incentives (1). Meanwhile, a successful and much cheaper stepwise program could be expanded.
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    Journal Title
    Science
    Volume
    346
    Issue
    6214
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1126/science.346.6214.1193-a
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2014. This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science on Vol. 346 no. 6214, 5 December 2014, DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.346.6214.1193-a.
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    Impacts of Tourism
    Environmental Management
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/68285
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