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Land Concentration and Social Progress Decline in Brazilian Amazon Municipalities

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  • Raimundo Fagner Frota Vasconcelos

    (Center for Management and Innovation of Family Farming, University of Brasilia)

  • Mário Lúcio Ávila

    (Center for Family Farming Management and Innovation, Faculty UnB Planaltina, University of Brasilia. BRAZIL.)

  • Marcelo Ximenes Aguiar Bizerril

    (Center for Management and Innovation of Family Farming, University of Brasilia)

  • Tamiel Khan Baiocchi Jacobson

    (Center for Management and Innovation of Family Farming, University of Brasilia)

  • Marcelo Mateus Trevisan

    (Center for Management and Innovation of Family Farming, University of Brasilia)

Abstract

Rural populations are directly reliant on ecosystem goods and the land structure within which they are embedded. They are hardship-impacted due to land appropriation and the absence of regulatory mechanisms that ensure sustainable development and socio-environmental conflict prevention. MATOPIBA region encompasses an ecotone area between the Cerrado and Amazon biomes, a significant Brazilian agricultural frontier, and a biodiversity conservation priority area. In this context, we observed an inverse correlation between land concentration and socio-environmental development in ten municipalities in Tocantins State, Brazil. The legal security of land is directly proportional to the Social Progress Index (SPI), which, in turn, is inversely related to land concentration. Therefore, the existence of a multifactorial relationship between SPI, land tenure security, land concentration, and land grabbing should be considered in the development of public policies for land governance and climate change in the Brazilian Amazon region.

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  • Raimundo Fagner Frota Vasconcelos & Mário Lúcio Ávila & Marcelo Ximenes Aguiar Bizerril & Tamiel Khan Baiocchi Jacobson & Marcelo Mateus Trevisan, 2025. "Land Concentration and Social Progress Decline in Brazilian Amazon Municipalities," Agricultural & Rural Studies, SCC Press, vol. 3(1), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:sccars:022071
    DOI: 10.59978/ar03010005
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