Playing musical chairs with land use obligations: Market-based instruments and environmental public policies in Brazil

In Brazil, market-based instruments focusing on land use dimensions are increasingly promoted as a means to make public environmental policies effective. Landowners and farmers call for more flexible regulations and economic incentives to adopt ecologically sound practices, while public agencies and...

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Published in:Land use policy 2017-04, Vol.63, p.20-29
Main Author: Filoche, Geoffroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural economics
Biodiversity
Biodiversity offsets
Burden sharing
Chairs
Conservation
Economic incentives
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Emissions trading
Environmental law
Environmental policy
Environmental restoration
Farmers
Financial support
Financing
Forest management
Incentives
Land use
Landowners
Markets
Nature conservation
NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations
Obligations
Payment for ecosystem services
Payments
Public finance
Public lands
Public policy
Reconfiguration
Services
Trade
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Summary:In Brazil, market-based instruments focusing on land use dimensions are increasingly promoted as a means to make public environmental policies effective. Landowners and farmers call for more flexible regulations and economic incentives to adopt ecologically sound practices, while public agencies and conservation NGOs seek new ways of financing and legitimising legal standards. Market-based instruments are considered by these actors as having the potential to both achieve their own goals and conciliate all interests. As a result, legal frameworks (including cap-and-trade systems, biodiversity offsetting and payments for ecosystem services) are being designed which allow to exchange land use rights and obligations. Under a sociolegal approach, this article provides an overview of such instruments. It shows to what extent they may entail a reconfiguration of the burden sharing and the priority setting of nature conservation. Depending on how actors use legal standards, their responsibilities may be eased and the level of conservation may be lowered, both facts that raise significant controversy.
ISSN:0264-8377
1873-5754
DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.01.012