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| Submission |
| ID |
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4798 |
| Submitting Entity |
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UNEP |
| Submitted for |
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Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 5) |
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| Main Information |
| Title |
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Biodiversity conservation and cattle ranchers in the Brazilian Pantanal |
| Description |
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At more than 138,000 square kilometres the Brazilian Pantanal is known as the largest freshwater wetland in the world. A number of steps have been taken to first understand and later create a programme of work to address the incentives facing ranchers and rancher behaviour. These planned and ongoing efforts include: an investigation of the costs of cattle production with and without cultivated pastures in the Pantanal; an analysis of existing census data to attempt to reveal the principal correlates with forest conversion pressures; a research and extension/outreach effort to increase the perhectare returns (land profitability) of Pantanal cattle-ranching; an investigation of forest products with current or potential economic value by land type; an investigation of potential use and non-use values (including tourism) of Pantanal wildlife; and a planned economic-value map incorporating
all of the above information in a user-friendly visual interface. Formal biological diversity preservation efforts in the Pantanal are still in their infancy. Efforts to understand and guide natural=resource management in the Pantanal have benefited from a number of lessons including: (a) That the lack of land/resource use and management data/information
in the region is a primary constraint to exploring policy alternatives; (b) That stakeholder involvement/knowledge in crafting policy solutions is important; and (c) That incentive-based, private and voluntary programs are an attractive option in an environment lacking adequate institutions and traditions for the monitoring and enforcement of disincentive-based policies. |
| Web Link |
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/doc/case-studies/inc/cs-inc-br-pantanal-en.pdf |
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| Additional Information |
| Authors |
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Andrew Seidl |
| Source |
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Study is taken from UNEP (2000): Use of Incentive Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. |
| Countries |
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Brazil |
| Ecosystems |
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Agricultural Biodiversity
Inland Waters Biodiversity |
| Regions |
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Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Incentive Measures |
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Indirect Incentives (property rights, market creation)
Negative Incentives (taxes, levies,...)
Positive Incentives (subsidies, tax breaks, ...) |
| Keywords |
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Revenue sharing with communities
Market creation (organic production, tourism, ...) |
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