@Article{SilvaVGPRLPA:2022:MaNoDe,
               author = "Silva, Verissimo Cesar de Sousa and Vieira, Ima Celia 
                         Guimar{\~a}es and Galbraith, David and Patapov, Peter and Rivero, 
                         Sergio Luiz de Medeiros and Lima, Ana Maria Meiguins de and 
                         Pimentel, M{\'a}rcia Aparecida da Silva and Adami, Marcos",
          affiliation = "{Universidade Federal do Par{\'a} (UFPA)} and {Universidade 
                         Federal do Par{\'a} (UFPA)} and {Universidade Federal do 
                         Par{\'a} (UFPA)} and {Universidade Federal do Par{\'a} (UFPA)} 
                         and {Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)} and 
                         {Universidade Federal do Par{\'a} (UFPA)} and {Universidade 
                         Federal do Par{\'a} (UFPA)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Marked non-compliance with deforestation embargoes in the 
                         Brazilian Amazon",
              journal = "Environmental Research Letters",
                 year = "2022",
               volume = "17",
               number = "5",
                pages = "e054033",
                month = "May",
             keywords = "remote sensing, land use and land cover, forest regrowth, 
                         cropland.",
             abstract = "Advances in monitoring capacity and strengthened law enforcement 
                         have helped to reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon since 
                         the early 2000s. Embargoes imposed on the use of deforested land 
                         are important instruments for deterring deforestation and enabling 
                         forest recovery. However, the extent to which landowners respect 
                         embargoes in the Brazilian Amazon is unknown. In this study, we 
                         evaluated the current recovery status of embargoes due to 
                         deforestation imposed between 2008 and 2017 to conduct the first 
                         large-scale assessment of compliance with embargo regulations. We 
                         observed forest recovery in only 13.1% (+/- 1.1%) of embargoed 
                         polygons, while agriculture and pasture activities were maintained 
                         in 86.9% (+/- 1.8%) of embargoed polygons. Thus, landowners openly 
                         continue to disrespect environmental legislation in the majority 
                         of embargoed areas. We attribute the marked non-compliance 
                         observed to limited monitoring of embargoed areas, as 
                         environmental agents seldom return to verify the status of 
                         embargoed lands after they have been imposed. Recent advances in 
                         remote sensing provide low-cost ways to monitor compliance and 
                         should form the basis of concerted efforts to ensure that the law 
                         is observed and that those responsible for illegal deforestation 
                         do not benefit from it.",
                  doi = "10.1088/1748-9326/ac6398",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6398",
                 issn = "1748-9326",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Silva_2022_Environ._Res._Lett._17_054033.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "21 maio 2024"
}