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Forest citizens and people-centered conservation in the Brazilian Amazon

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Autor(es):
Parry, Luke ; Morello, Thiago F. ; Fraser, James A. ; Guerrero, Natalia ; Lotta, Gabriela S. ; Martins, Rodrigo C. ; Newton, Peter ; Cardoso, Jessica C. Pires ; Santos, Andreza A. Souza ; Torres, Mauricio
Número total de Autores: 10
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: Conservation Biology; v. 39, n. 3, p. 12-pg., 2025-06-01.
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Demands for territorial recognition are foundational to the claiming of rights by forest-proximate people who attempt to conserve their forests. The rights of these often-marginalized populations have been largely overlooked by conservationists, yet they are central to achieving people-centered conservation. We further developed the concept of forest citizenship as a normative framework and analytical tool based on Brazilian social environmentalism (socioambientalismo), florestania (a former political project in Acre state), Latin American scholarship on ecological citizenship, and Eurocentric political philosophy. Decades of struggle for territorial recognition and social inclusion have solidified the right to have rights for Amazonia's forest citizens. Hence, forest citizens are people who have become so through the sociopolitical dynamics of their rights claims. Forest citizenship is built on community mobilization to create legally recognized territories with participatory governance but becomes tangible only if individuals and communities can successfully claim other rights from institutions through everyday practices of citizenship. We also assessed the current number and distribution of forest citizens across Brazilian Amazonia based on gridded population data and spatial analyses to calculate the resident population in four territorial categories that meet these democratic preconditions: Indigenous lands, extractive reserves, sustainable development reserves, ecological settlement projects, and Afro-descendent Quilombola territories. The territories covered 31% of the Legal Amazon, were home to 1.05 million forest citizens, and had diverse primary policy objectives but shared goals of empowering communities and conserving forests. To be emancipatory, forest citizenship must be bottom-up, socially inclusive, and improve people's lives. We suggest that conservationists pay greater attention to power relations and decision-making structures related to forest territories. Territory-based forest citizenship may be relevant for other countries where environmentalism has intersected with struggles for land rights and democracy. Ciudadan & iacute;a del bosque y conservaci & oacute;n centrada en las personas de la Amazonia brasile & ntilde;a Las demandas de reconocimiento territorial son fundamentales para la reivindicaci & oacute;n de derechos por parte de las poblaciones cercanas a los bosques que intentan conservarlos. Los derechos de estas poblaciones, a menudo marginadas, han sido ignorados en gran medida por los conservacionistas, pero son fundamentales para lograr una conservaci & oacute;n centrada en las personas. Desarrollamos el concepto de ciudadan & iacute;a forestal como marco normativo y herramienta anal & iacute;tica con base en el socio ambientalismo brasile & ntilde;o, la florestan & iacute;a (un proyecto pol & iacute;tico previo del estado de Acre), los estudios latinoamericanos sobre ciudadan & iacute;a ecol & oacute;gica y la filosof & iacute;a pol & iacute;tica euroc & eacute;ntrica. D & eacute;cadas de lucha por el reconocimiento territorial y la inclusi & oacute;n social han consolidado el derecho a tener derechos de los ciudadanos de la selva amaz & oacute;nica. Por lo tanto, los ciudadanos de los bosques son personas que se han convertido en tales a trav & eacute;s de la din & aacute;mica sociopol & iacute;tica de sus reivindicaciones de derechos. La ciudadan & iacute;a forestal se construye sobre la movilizaci & oacute;n comunitaria para crear territorios legalmente reconocidos con una gobernanza participativa, pero s & oacute;lo se hace tangible si los individuos y las comunidades pueden reclamar con & eacute;xito otros derechos a las instituciones a trav & eacute;s de pr & aacute;cticas cotidianas de ciudadan & iacute;a. Tambi & eacute;n evaluamos el n & uacute;mero actual y la distribuci & oacute;n de los ciudadanos de los bosques en toda la Amazonia brasile & ntilde;a con base en datos de poblaci & oacute;n cuadriculados y an & aacute;lisis espaciales para calcular la poblaci & oacute;n residente en cuatro categor & iacute;as territoriales que cumplen estas condiciones democr & aacute;ticas previas: tierras ind & iacute;genas, reservas extractivas, reservas de desarrollo sostenible, proyectos de asentamientos ecol & oacute;gicos y territorios quilombolas afrodescendientes. Los territorios abarcaron el 31% de la Amazonia Legal, albergaron a 1.05 millones de ciudadanos de los bosques y ten & iacute;an objetivos pol & iacute;ticos primarios diversos, pero compart & iacute;an las metas de empoderar a las comunidades y conservar los bosques. Para ser emancipadora, la ciudadan & iacute;a forestal debe ser ascendente, socialmente inclusiva y mejorar la vida de las personas. Sugerimos que los conservacionistas presten m & aacute;s atenci & oacute;n a las relaciones de poder y a las estructuras de toma de decisiones relacionadas con los territorios forestales. La ciudadan & iacute;a forestal basada en el territorio puede ser relevante para otros pa & iacute;ses en los que el ambientalismo se ha cruzado con las luchas por los derechos sobre la tierra y la democracia. ResumenCiudadan & iacute;a del bosque y conservaci & oacute;n centrada en las personas de la Amazonia brasile & ntilde;a Las demandas de reconocimiento territorial son fundamentales para la reivindicaci & oacute;n de derechos por parte de las poblaciones cercanas a los bosques que intentan conservarlos. Los derechos de estas poblaciones, a menudo marginadas, han sido ignorados en gran medida por los conservacionistas, pero son fundamentales para lograr una conservaci & oacute;n centrada en las personas. Desarrollamos el concepto de ciudadan & iacute;a forestal como marco normativo y herramienta anal & iacute;tica con base en el socio ambientalismo brasile & ntilde;o, la florestan & iacute;a (un proyecto pol & iacute;tico previo del estado de Acre), los estudios latinoamericanos sobre ciudadan & iacute;a ecol & oacute;gica y la filosof & iacute;a pol & iacute;tica euroc & eacute;ntrica. D & eacute;cadas de lucha por el reconocimiento territorial y la inclusi & oacute;n social han consolidado el derecho a tener derechos de los ciudadanos de la selva amaz & oacute;nica. Por lo tanto, los ciudadanos de los bosques son personas que se han convertido en tales a trav & eacute;s de la din & aacute;mica sociopol & iacute;tica de sus reivindicaciones de derechos. La ciudadan & iacute;a forestal se construye sobre la movilizaci & oacute;n comunitaria para crear territorios legalmente reconocidos con una gobernanza participativa, pero s & oacute;lo se hace tangible si los individuos y las comunidades pueden reclamar con & eacute;xito otros derechos a las instituciones a trav & eacute;s de pr & aacute;cticas cotidianas de ciudadan & iacute;a. Tambi & eacute;n evaluamos el n & uacute;mero actual y la distribuci & oacute;n de los ciudadanos de los bosques en toda la Amazonia brasile & ntilde;a con base en datos de poblaci & oacute;n cuadriculados y an & aacute;lisis espaciales para calcular la poblaci & oacute;n residente en cuatro categor & iacute;as territoriales que cumplen estas condiciones democr & aacute;ticas previas: tierras ind & iacute;genas, reservas extractivas, reservas de desarrollo sostenible, proyectos de asentamientos ecol & oacute;gicos y territorios quilombolas afrodescendientes. Los territorios abarcaron el 31% de la Amazonia Legal, albergaron a 1.05 millones de ciudadanos de los bosques y ten & iacute;an objetivos pol & iacute;ticos primarios diversos, pero compart & iacute;an las metas de empoderar a las comunidades y conservar los bosques. Para ser emancipadora, la ciudadan & iacute;a forestal debe ser ascendente, socialmente inclusiva y mejorar la vida de las personas. Sugerimos que los conservacionistas presten m & aacute;s atenci & oacute;n a las relaciones de poder y a las estructuras de toma de decisiones relacionadas con los territorios forestales. La ciudadan & iacute;a forestal basada en el territorio puede ser relevante para otros pa & iacute;ses en los que el ambientalismo se ha cruzado con las luchas por los derechos sobre la tierra y la democracia. 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