Strengthening the Legal Framework of Protected Areas in the Amazon to Combat Climate Change

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  • Verônica Garcia Donoso Federal University of Santa Maria
  • Christa Reicher RWTH Aachen University

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https://doi.org/10.58981/bluepapers.2024.1.09

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Amazon, protected areas, deforestation, climate change, drought

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of increasing the percentage of protected areas and improving the efficiency of law enforcement in the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon’s waters and forests are essential to the global ecosystem, and both global and local climate changes are already having a significant impact on the region, as exemplified in 2023 by reduced precipitation in the region and extremely low levels of rivers like the Rio Negro. Yet, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is increasing, especially in those areas not protected by legal environmental legislation. Therefore, expanding legal protection is crucial for both global climate adaptation and the conservation of the natural and cultural heritage of water systems.

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Donoso, V. G., & Reicher, C. (2024). Strengthening the Legal Framework of Protected Areas in the Amazon to Combat Climate Change. Blue Papers, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.58981/bluepapers.2024.1.09

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2024-05-06

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Water & Heritage for Sustainable Development

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challenges, concepts and new approaches

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Author Biographies

Verônica Garcia Donoso, Federal University of Santa Maria

Verônica Garcia Donoso is Professor at the Architecture and Urbanism course at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Cachoeira do Sul campus, Brazil, and Experienced Researcher with a Georg Forster Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She has experience in the field of architecture and urbanism, with a focus on landscape planning, ecological planning and urban design.

Christa Reicher, RWTH Aachen University

Christa Reicher is head of the Chair of Urban Design and Institute for Urban Design and European Urbanism and UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Urbanism, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Her main fields of research and education are qualification strategies in urban development, urban development planning, urban renewal and district development, urban and landscape design, housing and housing construction.

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