Case Study: Index
>Overview
>Identification of the causes of pressure on biological diversity
>Selected incentives
>Requirements for incentive program implementation
>Process of implementation
>Effects of the measures employed
>Lessons learned
>Bibliographical references
Overview: At more than 138,000 km2 and coursed by a dozen principal rivers the Brazilian Pantanal is known as the largest freshwater wetland in the world. The Pantanal is located within the 362,000 km2 Upper Paraguay River Basin (UPRB) in the geographical center of South America and at the headwaters of the Silver Basin. The UPRB lies between 59o and 53o West Longitude and 14o and 22o South Latitude and is bordered by the Amazon River Basin to the North, the Bolivian and Paraguayan Lowlands to the West and Southwest and the Parana River Basin to the East…
Identification of the causes of pressure on biological diversity: Other than the above quoted constitutional consideration, two federal policies may be considered to have particular influence on ecosystem health in the Pantanal; monetary and agricultural land use policy. Since 1994 the “Plan Real” has been Brazil’s national monetary policy. Until early 1999, the policy was intended to counter the reality and psychology of hyperinflation through active support of the new national currency, the Real…
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