Socioeconomic and environmental effects of soybean production in metacoupled systems

Autor(es)

da Silva, Ramon Felipe Bicudo ^{[1, 2]} ; Vina, Andres ^{[2, 3]} ; Moran, Emilio F. ^[4] ; Dou, Yue ^[5] ; Batistella, Mateus ^{[1, 6]} ; Liu, Jianguo ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Ctr Environm Studies & Res, BR-13083867 Campinas - Brazil

^[2] Michigan State Univ, Ctr Syst Integrat & Sustainabil, Dept Fisheries & Wildlife, E Lansing, MI 48823 - USA

^[3] Univ N Carolina, Dept Geog, Chapel Hill, NC - USA

^[4] Michigan State Univ, Ctr Global Change & Earth Observat, E Lansing, MI 48823 - USA

^[5] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Inst Environm Studies, Environm Geog Grp, De Boelelaan, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam - Netherlands

^[6] Embrapa Agr Informat, Brazilian Agr Res Corp, BR-13083886 Campinas - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; v. 11, n. 1 SEP 20 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Human-environment interactions within and across borders are now more influential than ever, posing unprecedented sustainability challenges. The framework of metacoupling (interactions within and across adjacent and distant coupled human-environment systems) provides a useful tool to evaluate them at diverse temporal and spatial scales. While most metacoupling studies have so far addressed the impacts of distant interactions (telecouplings), few have addressed the complementary and interdependent effects of the interactions within coupled systems (intracouplings) and between adjacent systems (pericouplings). Using the production and trade of a major commodity (soybean) as a demonstration, this paper empirically evaluates the complex effects on deforestation and economic growth across a globally important soybean producing region (Mato Grosso in Brazil). Although this region is influenced by a strong telecoupling process (i.e., soybean trade with national and international markets), intracouplings pose significant effects on deforestation and economic growth within focal municipalities. Furthermore, it generates pericoupling effects (e.g., deforestation) on adjacent municipalities, which precede economic benefits on adjacent systems, and may occur during and after the soybean production takes place. These results show that while economic benefits of the production of agricultural commodities for global markets tend to be localized, their environmental costs tend to be spatially widespread. As deforestation also occurred in adjacent areas beyond focal areas with economic development, this study has significant implications for sustainability in an increasingly metacoupled world. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 14/50628-9 - Segurança alimentar e uso da terra: o desafio do Telecoupling
• Beneficiário: Mateus Batistella
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 18/08200-2 - O mundo teleacoplado: segurança alimentar, commodities e suas dimensões ambientais e socioeconômicas
• Beneficiário: Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 15/25892-7 - Segurança alimentar e uso da terra: o desafio do Telecoupling
• Beneficiário: Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado