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Land Planning by Default: the expansion of the agricultural frontier in the Cerrado. Fabiano Toni Third Lemann Dialogue Agricultural and Environmental Issues in Brazil November 7-8, 2013 University of Illinois. Two Dimensions – Scale and Access. Where Amazonia vs Cerrado. Who
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Land Planning by Default: the expansion of the agricultural frontier in the Cerrado Fabiano Toni Third Lemann Dialogue Agricultural and Environmental Issues in Brazil November 7-8, 2013 University of Illinois
Two Dimensions – Scale and Access • Where • Amazonia vsCerrado • Who • Land use in the Cerrado • Modernization • Conflicts
Protected Areas and Indigenous Lands in Amazonia and the Cerrado
Deforestation in Amazonia and Cerrado Km2/Year % of Biome/Year Source: INPE, MMA, ICMBIO
TraditionalFarming Systems in the Cerrado Chapadas Cattleranching Extractivism Swiddenagriculture Floodplainagriculture High mobility Source: ELOY (2013), adaptedfromGalizoni (2005)
“Modernization” • 1980s: Agriculturalmodernization, landprivatization • 2000s: Environmental regulation, PAs • 2010s: Compensation; payments for env.services? Eucaliptus Soybean Charcoal Traditional System ‘surrounded’ Irrigatedagriculture
Land planning policy • Market-driven • Exclusionary • Increases inequality • Undemocratic