1# RECORD 6902792e014ff34816d6a002095db91af18cc0ab2# TITLE: Urban green areas and real estate prices in Curitiba, Brazil3# YEAR: 2020.0 VENUE: nan DOI: 10.6008/cbpc2179-6858.2020.006.00084# AUTHORS: Alessandro Panasolo; F. Galvão; H. Higachi; E. D. de Oliveira; Fernando C. De Oliveira; Carlos Wroblewski; T. Gadda; C. Balbinot5# PAGES: 1 CANDIDATE TABLE PAGES (1-based): []6# ABSTRACT: We attempted to identify to which extent the implicit ecosystem service values of urban green areas impact real estate values in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. The study is based on spatial econometrics techniques and hedonic price theory applied to 43 urban green areas, highlighting three units: the Airumã Private Natural Heritage Reserve, the Teresa Urban Ecological Station, and the President Getulio Vargas Refinery. Information was obtained on the structural characteristics of more than 5,300 apartments and houses. The results of exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) and estimates from hedonic regression model parameters show that the presence of urban green areas contribute to the final property prices. The effects of proximity to urban green areas on the price of urban residential property are not homogeneous and stationary throughout urban spaces and can generate distinct spatial clusters of real estate prices: high-high and low-low. The used methodology proved to be efficient to assess the value of urban green areas with regard to the use of information, processing, data analysis, and results generated. Furthermore, it measured the impact of these areas on property prices and provided easily interpretable data that can be relevant for payments for ecosystem services policies at the local level.789===== PAGE 1 (score 21, numeric-paren 1, table-words 0, var-words 20) =====1011Pesq. flor. bras., Colombo, v. 39, e201902043, Special issue, p. 1-768, 201912XXV IUFRO World Congress Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development138014respective conservation projects and initiatives), off-farm incomes, derived mainly from households’ participation in Integrated Conservation and Development 15Projects (ICDP), has resulted in 23% less land clearance overall, with only a marginal difference in land cleared for farm extension. This finding suggests that 16ICDP interventions have an important inhibitory effect on households’ cleared land expansion when they provide high economic returns to village participants. 17In light of our results, we discuss the limitations to current conservation strategies in the area, and we suggest policy elements that should be in place to 18strengthen them as soon as possible and going forward. This is critical right now, considering the governments explicit intention for infrastructure development 19in the region, which will intensify already existing drivers of land clearing, further threatening the socio-environmental integrity of the watershed and nullifying 20the positive impacts of the ICDP strategies.21From exploitation to management: a review of the context, life history and potential pathways to sustain and increase Brazil nut 22production23Karen Kainer1, Lúcia Helena de Oliveira Wadt2, Christina Staudhammer3241University of Florida, Gainesville, USA; 2Embrapa Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brasil; 3University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA (kkainer@ufl.edu;25lucia.wadt@embrapa.br; cstaudhammer@ua.edu)26Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) has emerged as a cornerstone species of the Amazonian extractive economy, coinciding with creation of Brazilian extractive 27reserves. This alternative land use model attempts to balance biodiversity conservation with rural development. Traditional forest residents are assigned legal 28responsibility to co-manage these reserves and their resources, including Brazil nut, precipitating a shift from general nut exploitation to more conscious, 29intensive species management. Drawing heavily on our 25 plus years of research in the Brazilian state of Acre and surrounding tri-border region, we ask: (1) 30Are Brazil nut harvests sustainable in terms of fruit production patterns and resilience to nut (seed) collection? (2) In what ways might production be augmented 31and nut quality enhanced? We highlight that scientific evidence and local knowledge indicate that restrictions on current levels of nut harvests are not necessary 32to sustain populations of B. excelsa and its key seed disperser, Dasyprocta spp. Rather than concentrating on the fate of most seeds produced, the more 33pressing risk to B. excelsa populations is survival of existing large trees. Ample knowledge indicates possible futures to increase productivity by protecting and 34improving tree conditions: Cutting lianas from host tree crowns dramatically improves productivity; enrichment plantings and tending new recruits, particularly 35in abandoned agricultural fallows, is an extremely promising way to grow Brazil nut-rich forests. Nut quality and the Brazil nut market also have improved 36dramatically. Working together, researchers, local communities and progressive industries can promote understanding, sustainable use and conservation of 37standing Amazonian.38Açaí as a driving force of rural development in the communities of the Amazon river estuary39Ana Margarida Euler1, Silas Mochiutti1, Carlos Ramos2401Embrapa Amapá, Macapá, Brasil; 2Estuário Consultorias Socioambientais, Belém, Brasil (ana.euler@embrapa.br; silas.mochiutti@embrapa.br; 41pantojaramos@gmail.com)42The estuary of the Amazon River comprises the area with influence of the tides, where the Marajó archipelago is located with its many islands inhabited by 43traditional communities that live from agroextrativism. This region has one of the lowest Human Development Index (0.489) in Brazil and 87.28% of the 44population is vulnerable to poverty. In this context, the açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) emerges as a product from the local biodiversity with immense importance 45in food security, having become the driving force for the Marajó socioeconomic development. Participatory research conducted in 2018, in the municipality of 46Afuá (Pará), with 135 families of Ilha do Meio Agroextractivist Settlement Project, showed that the açaí constitutes on average 94.5% of the families’ income, 47with an annual revenue of about six thousand US dollars per family. However, 83% of the interviewed families do not have the habit of saving and at the end 48of the harvest season they are deprived of resources. On the other hand, the açaí economy has generated an improvement in the families’ quality of life and 49consumption patterns. It has also changed their eating habits and the way they use the forest. As a main conclusion, the study points out the need to discuss 50new market strategies for the diversification of production in order to use other fruits, seeds and oils. Improvement of the financial planning knowhow of the 51community, by encouraging the habit of saving and creation of community funds is essential to improve the current vulnerability of these populations.52Traditional communities of the Xingu River accessing the timber market: challenges, risks, and opportunity / Comunidades tradicionais 53no Rio Xingú acessando o mercado madeireiro: desafio, risco e chance54Maximilian K. A. Steinbrenner1, Iran Paz Pires2551Embrapa Amazonia Ocidental, Belém, Brasil; 2Instituto Floresta Tropical, Belém, Brasil (max.steinbrenner@gmail.com; iran@ift.org.br)56O presente artigo relata as experiências com a produção de madeira em tora de seis comunidades na Reserva Extrativista Verde para Sempre, no Rio Xingú, 57no estado do Pará. Empreendimentos florestais organizados por comunidades rurais com o intento de produzir para os mercados representam um novo ator no 58setor madeireiro que ainda não aparece em escala, mas tem um potencial importante, já que essas comunidades habitam em 60% das florestas públicas, numa 59área de 132 milhões de hectares (SFB 2009). Nos casos aqui relatados os comunitários recebem treinamento e capacitação do Instituto Floresta Tropical (IFT), 60apoiado pela Climate and Land Use Alliance. Adicionalmente, no âmbito do Projeto Bom Manejo, financiado pela Organização Internacional de Madeira 61Tropical (ITTO) a EMBRAPA Amazônia Oriental e o IFT desenvolvem junto às comunidades uma metodologia de monitoramento de critérios e indicadores 62técnicos, ambientais, sociais e econômicos do manejo florestal. Esse método deve servir como uma ferramenta de gestão para as comunidades e funciona com 63a introdução de ferramentas de manejo florestal sustentável desenvolvidas pelo Projeto Bom Manejo na sua primeira fase. Os primeiros resultados do referido 64monitoramento técnico-ambiental revelaram a vocação das comunidades para o manejo florestal que atende suas tradições. O desempenho produtivo se mostrou 65promissor e as análises preliminares indicam que os projetos de manejo são rentáveis. Os desafios para assegurar a sustentabilidade dos empreendimentos 66encontram-se na logística da colheita, na gestão do Plano de Manejo, nas negociações de serviços contratados e das condições de venda e o cumprimento dos 67contratos.68Management and governance of the use of timber resources by local populations in a floodplain area in Central Amazonia, Brazil / 69Gestão e governança do uso de recursos madeireiros por populações locais em uma área de várzea na Amazônia Central, Brasil70Caetano Franco1, Ana Jéssica Silva de Oliveira1,2, Zeneide Damião Silva1,2, Viviane da Silva Marcos1, Claudio Roberto Anholetto Junior1,3711Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Tefé, Brasil; 2Universidade Estadual do Amazonas, Tefé, Brasil; 3Universidade de São Paulo, 72Piracicaba, Brasil (caetano@mamiraua.org.br; ana_jeka@hotmail.com; zeneide.silva@mamirauá.org.br; viviane.marcos@mamiraua.org.br; 73claudio@mamiraua.org.br)74