Cannabis Indica

Authors
James R Oakleaf, Marcelo Matsumoto, Christina M Kennedy, Leandro Baumgarten, Daniela Miteva, Kei Sochi, Joseph Kiesecker
Publication date
2017/9/1
Journal
Applied Geography
Volume
86
Pages
53-65
Publisher
Pergamon
Description
The Brazilian Forest Code, enacted in 1965, was the first national law to mandate that private landowners maintain a portion of their land in natural vegetation. Effective implementation of the law is not only a national priority, but also a global one as Brazil hosts some of the greatest biodiversity and the largest carbon stores in the world. Under the Forest Code, landowners have options to either protect, restore, or offset to meet the legal requirements. Collectively planning and guiding where to locate these options within and outside a rural property can have positive impacts for the environment at both local and landscape levels. To that end, we developed the LegalGEO toolkit to assist government and non-government organizations in offering landowners solutions for complying with the Forest Code requirements while promoting positive outcomes for the environment. Here, we introduce the tools and spatial data …
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