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The Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 1624(368), p. 20130307, 2013

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0307

The Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 1619(368), p. 20120166, 2013

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0166

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A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable amazon network

Journal article published in 2013 by Fernando Zagury Vaz de-Mello, Fabiane Campos dos Santos, Alessandra dos Santos Gomes, Vívian Campos de Oliveira, Alexander Charles Lees, Luke Parry, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Williams Souza de Avila, V́ían Campos de Oliveira, Danielle de Lima Braga, Vivian Campos de Oliveira, Williams Souza de Ávila, Amanda Cardoso Nunes Cordeiro, Julio Cezar Mario Chaul, Francisco de Assis Costa and other authors.
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Abstract

Science has a critical role to play in guiding more sustainable development trajectories. Here, we present the Sustainable Amazon Network (Rede Amazônia Sustentável, RAS): a multidisciplinary research initiative involving more than 30 partner organizations working to assess both social and ecological dimensions of land-use sustainability in eastern Brazilian Amazonia. The research approach adopted by RAS offers three advantages for addressing land-use sustainability problems: (i) the collection of synchronized and co-located ecological and socioeconomic data across broad gradients of past and present human use; (ii) a nested sampling design to aid comparison of ecological and socioeconomic conditions associated with different land uses across local, landscape and regional scales; and (iii) a strong engagement with a wide variety of actors and non-research institutions. Here, we elaborate on these key features, and identify the ways in which RAS can help in highlighting those problems in most urgent need of attention, and in guiding improvements in land-use sustainability in Amazonia and elsewhere in the tropics. We also discuss some of the practical lessons, limitations and realities faced during the development of the RAS initiative so far. (Résumé d'auteur)