Beyond zero deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Progress and remaining challenges to sustainable cattle intensification

摘要

Key Messages• A governance approach, combining public policy and private initiatives was effective in slowing down deforestation, butwas unable to support a transition to more sustainable production systems.• New technical intensification models must be identified for low-productivity systems in degraded lands, adapted to thebiophysical and sociotechnical conditions of the Amazonian landscapes.• Multiple constraints inhibit progress toward sustainable intensification of cattle ranching, and reversing them requires thatall such constraints be addressed in a coordinated way.• Designing options that work for all stakeholders, and monitoring and verifying progress of territories toward sustainabilityis essential to support current public policies and private initiatives.