Natural Resource Valuation and Policy in Brazil

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Peter H. May
Columbia University Press, 2000 M01 11 - 352 pages

Brazil's environmental problems, especially Amazon deforestation, have attracted considerable attention, particularly in the developed world. Peter May brings a sharper and more critical focus to bear on this topic by offering a general overview and seven microeconomic case studies on particular problems in the Brazilian environment.

Focusing on discrete resource problems at a subnational scale, this practical book shows how work at the state and local level can lead to more sustainable development policies not only in Brazil but also in many other developing nations. Uniting specific Brazilian applications of more general principles of natural resource and environmental valuation to support policy-making for land use and economic development, Natural Resource Valuation and Policy in Brazil shows how such methods support efforts to incorporate environmental concerns in decision-making processes.

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Contents

Globalization Economic Valuation and Natural Resource Policies in Brazil PETER H MAY
1
HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF RESOURCE USE IN BRAZIL
2
ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY FRAMEWORK
5
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN ECONOMIC VALUATION AND POLICY ASSESSMENT
16
A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF METHODS AND CONCLUSIONS FROM THE CASE STUDIES
20
NOTES
26
Measuring Sustainability Forest Values and Agropastoral Expansion in Brazil PETER H MAY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
27
BRAZILIAN FRONTIER EXPANSION AND LAND DEGRADATION
29
SURVEY DESIGN
144
DISCRETECHOICE MODELING PROCEDURE
145
THE PANTANAL
147
CONCLUSION
161
APPENDIX
162
NOTES
171
Estimation of Water Quality Control Benefits and Instruments in Brazil
173
RONALDO SEROA DA MOTTA and LEONARDO REZENDE WATERBORNE DISEASE AND SANITATION IN BRAZIL
174

ESTIMATING FOREST RESOURCE VALUES
34
CONCLUSIONS
42
APPENDIX
44
NOTES
47
Developing a Quantitative Framework for Sustainable ResourceUse Planning in the Brazilian Amazon ORIANA TRINDADE DE ALMEIDA and CH...
49
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LAND USE IN PARAGOMINAS
50
METHODOLOGY
54
Annual Operating Costs and Returns for LandUse Activities
56
A LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN AMAZON
81
CONCLUSION
83
NOTES
84
CharcoalFueled Steel Production in Brazil An Exercise in Environmental Valuation JOSEMAR X DE MEDEIROS
85
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASPECTS
86
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
88
AN EXERCISE IN ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION
91
INCORPORATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS IN CHARCOALFUELED STEEL MANUFACTURE
109
CONCLUSIONS
111
Economic Valuation of Mangrove Ecosystems MONICA GRASSO and YARA SCHAEFFERNOVELLI
113
ECONOMIC VALUATION AND GREEN ACCOUNTING
114
ECONOMIC VALUATION OF A MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM IN CAN AN El A SAO PAULO
117
NOTES
141
Contingent Valuation in Brazil An Estimation of Pollution Damage in the Pantanal DOMINIC MORAN and ANDRE STEFFENS MORAES
143
THE MODEL
176
THE ROLE OF SANITATION IN WATERBORNE DISEASES
185
A Simulation for Tiete River Basin in Brazil RONALDO SEROA DA MOTTA and FRANCISCO EDUARDO MENDES
187
MARKETBASED INSTRUMENTS
189
A MODEL FOR SIMULATING MARKETBASED APPLICATION
190
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS
195
APPENDIX
201
NOTES
202
Valuing Social Sustainability Environmental Recuperation on Favela Hillsides in Rio de Janeiro PETER H MAY
204
URBAN POVERTY AND RIOS FAVELAS
205
COMMUNITY REFORESTATION PROJECT
206
COMMUNITY PROFILE
208
ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION
211
EQUITY EFFECTS
215
COST EFFECTIVENESS
216
SOCIOPOLITICAL ASSESSMENT
217
CONCLUSIONS
220
NOTES
221
References
223
Index
239
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Common terms and phrases

activities agriculture agropastoral Amazon analysis annual approach approximately assessment average basin benefits biomass black pepper Brazil Brazilian Cananéia capital carbon cerrado charcoal charcoal production considered contingent valuation cycle damage deforestation depletion ecological Ecological Economics ecosystem emissions environment environmental costs estimated eucalyptus extensive-style extraction favela fiscal revenue fishing function Go to Question gross returns ha/yr harvest hectare hillside IBGE income increase investment land land-use licence logging loss mangrove million native forests natural capital natural resource nontimber Operário Pantanal Paragominas Paragominas Municipality pastures Paulo penaeids percent pig-iron plantations plants pollution population potential Project ranching reduce region response result Rio de Janeiro sanitation services São Paulo sector sediment Serôa da Motta sewage social soil species sustainable t/ha target Tietê Tietê River timber tion urban user cost variable water quality waterborne diseases wood industries

About the author (2000)

Peter May is professor of ecological economics and agrarian policies at the Federal Reserve Rural University of Rio de Janeiro and is a consultant to the World Bank, UNCTAD, and FAO. He is the coauthor of The Subsidy from Nature (Columbia, 1991).

Bibliographic information

TitleNatural Resource Valuation and Policy in Brazil
Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation
EditorPeter H. May
Editionillustrated
PublisherColumbia University Press, 2000
ISBN0231504667, 9780231504669
Length352 pages
  
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