Sustainability and Amazon Rainforest
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2019) | Viewed by 6073
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Interests: resource efficiency; resource depletion; life cycle assessment; material flow cost accounting; circular economy
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Dear Colleagues,
The Amazon rainforest is famous, stands for the last refuge of untouched nature and is known for its wealth of biodiversity. Worldwide there are many voices advocating for its protection and preservation, but, at the same time, it is decimated and threatened. Particularly in Brazil, the settlement area is spreading at a great speed, soybean cultivation and livestock farming takes place on agricultural land, wood is extracted and raw materials are mined. Nature is pushed back and the environment is polluted. There are further problems regarding the protection of indigenous peoples who live in the rainforest.
The rainforest’s wealth of natural resources stands in great contrast to the poverty of the people living there. Brazil sees enormous economic development potential in the large unused area of the rainforest. The Amazon rainforest is thus a lesson in the complexity behind sustainable development. The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations address ecological, but above all social and economic goals. The challenge lies in the elimination of conflicts and contradictions between the various goals. These become apparent in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest and will become more explosive, especially in view of current political developments.
The special issue will present analyses, challenges and possible solutions that deal specifically with sustainable development in the Amazon rainforest. The issue is intended to strengthen interdisciplinarity and allow articles from the natural and technological sciences as well as from the economic and social sciences. In particular, the various SDGs will be dealt with and, using the Amazon rainforest as an example, the problems, but also the opportunities and chances for the future will be pointed out.
Prof. Dr. Mario SchmidtGuest Editor
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Keywords
- Sustainable Development Goals
- rainforest
- deforestation
- land use conflicts
- livestock farming
- mining
- biodiversity
- climate change
- economic development
- governance
