Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.12.007 |
Can't See the Forest for the Trees: Can Declining Deforestation Trends in the Argentinian Chaco Region be Ascribed to Efficient Law Enforcement? | |
Norberto Volante, Jose1; Seghezzo, Lucas2 | |
2018-04-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
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ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 146页码:408-413 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Argentina |
英文摘要 | A national "Forest Law" passed in Argentina in 2007 mandated provincial governments to set up and implement land use planning processes in order to protect their native forests and regulate the expansion of large-scale agriculture. A recent study postulates that observed reductions in deforestation in three provinces of the Argentinian "Dry Chaco" ecoregion (namely Salta, Santiago del Estero, and Chaco) can be attributed to the effective enforcement of this law by provincial governments. Yet a more contextualized analysis of the local situation raises a number of objections to the methods used and the conclusions drawn in that study. Our analysis (and first-hand experience) shows that provincial governments were unable to enforce the Forest Law, since deforestation in protected areas continued or even increased after its approval and implementation. Our criticism can be categorized into five major challenges: (1) declining deforestation trends started before the Forest Law; (2) a province with a substantial increase in deforestation was omitted; (3) only part of one ecoregion was taken into account in the analysis; (4) deforestation percentage by conservation categories is better than hectares by province as an indicator of law enforcement; and (5) assigning zones to land units prior to land use planning processes is questionable. These challenges, and the lack of a more complete and nuanced political analysis of the situation on the ground, calls into question both the reliability of the results and the usefulness of the conclusions in the study. Ambiguous or misleading messages from the academic community can have negative political consequences and hinder local conservation efforts in the short term. We should not be so caught up in our desire to see improvements on the ground that we can't see the forest for the trees. |
英文关键词 | Argentina Chaco region Deforestation Forest Law |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000425202700039 |
WOS关键词 | SEMIARID CHACO ; TRANSITION ; DYNAMICS ; GLOBALIZATION ; AGRICULTURE ; EXPANSION ; COVER |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/15347 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.INTA, Estn Expt Agr Salta, Ruta Nacl 68 Km 172, RA-4403 Cerrillos, Salta, Argentina; 2.Univ Nacl Salta UNSa, CONICET, Inst Invest Energia Convent INENCO, Ave Bolivia 5150,A4408FVY, Salta, Argentina |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Norberto Volante, Jose,Seghezzo, Lucas. Can't See the Forest for the Trees: Can Declining Deforestation Trends in the Argentinian Chaco Region be Ascribed to Efficient Law Enforcement?[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2018,146:408-413. |
APA | Norberto Volante, Jose,&Seghezzo, Lucas.(2018).Can't See the Forest for the Trees: Can Declining Deforestation Trends in the Argentinian Chaco Region be Ascribed to Efficient Law Enforcement?.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,146,408-413. |
MLA | Norberto Volante, Jose,et al."Can't See the Forest for the Trees: Can Declining Deforestation Trends in the Argentinian Chaco Region be Ascribed to Efficient Law Enforcement?".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 146(2018):408-413. |
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