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SUMMARY:Balancing conservation and development in the Brazilian Amazon: do
  win-win solutions really exist? - Dr Toby Gardner\, Conservation Science 
 Group\, Department of Zoology
DTSTART:20091112T130000Z
DTEND:20091112T140000Z
UID:TALK20982@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr James Kirkbride
DESCRIPTION:Poverty alleviation and the desire for material wealth mean th
 at economic development stands at the forefront of the social and politica
 l agenda of most tropical countries. Yet with rare exceptions food product
 ion and other development activities invariably result in the loss and deg
 radation of natural ecosystems. Such losses are of significant concern bec
 ause human well-being also depends upon the effective protection of ecosys
 tem services such as climate amelioration\, the provision of clean water\,
  and the conservation of biodiversity. Nowhere is this trade-off more star
 kly felt than in the Amazon which is currently experiencing the highest ab
 solute rates of forest loss for any tropical region in the world\, is home
  to nearly half of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity and plays a glob
 ally important role in the Earth’s carbon and water cycles. Solving this
  problem is far from trivial. History tells us that balancing environmenta
 l and economic goals is extremely challenging and trade-offs are far more 
 common than win-win solutions. Here I will briefly outline how we are addr
 essing this challenge through a multi-disciplinary project in the eastern 
 Brazilian Amazon. I believe that reconciliation of joint development and c
 onservation goals is possible yet the science and decision making processe
 s that are needed to achieve this remain embryonic. Success can be found b
 y (i) making trade-offs more explicit\, (ii) employing a wider range of mu
 lti-disciplinary tools to explore and negotiate trade-offs and identify po
 ssible synergies between multiple objectives\, and (iii) implementing a wi
 der range of strategies to compensate those who bear the cost of conservin
 g remaining areas of tropical forest. 
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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