The Livestock Frontier in the Paraguayan Chaco

Deforestation is one of the most relevant transformations characterizing global environmental change in the tropics at present. There is wide consensus in pointing the context-dependent nature of tropical deforestation. In this sense, a better characterization of the phenomenon considering the socia...

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Autores: Milán Sendra, María José|||0000-0001-6230-6724, González, Elizabeth, López i Gelats, Feliu|||0000-0003-4908-4017
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Q methodology
Agricultural frontier
Tropical deforestation
Cattle ranching
Discourse
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spelling The Livestock Frontier in the Paraguayan ChacoA Local Agent-based PerspectiveMilán Sendra, María José|||0000-0001-6230-6724González, ElizabethLópez i Gelats, Feliu|||0000-0003-4908-4017Q methodologyAgricultural frontierTropical deforestationCattle ranchingDiscourseDeforestation is one of the most relevant transformations characterizing global environmental change in the tropics at present. There is wide consensus in pointing the context-dependent nature of tropical deforestation. In this sense, a better characterization of the phenomenon considering the social context could provide a more accurate picture of tropical deforestation. With this aim, a Q-methodology discourse analysis was conducted to characterise the different discourses that coexist in the particular region of the Paraguayan Chaco concerning the development of cattle ranching and derived deforestation. Four different discourses were identified as making sense the wide range of interests and values coexisting and clashing in the Paraguayan Chaco, namely: the Environmentalist discourse, the Business discourse, the Resigned discourse, and the Possibilist discourse. The results point that the fundamental differences between the discourses are largely explained by the different positions on three specific domains: (i) the socio-economic benefits the expansion of cattle ranching brings about; (ii) the environmental impacts the expansion of cattle ranching and the derived deforestation brings on; and, finally (iii) the degree to which an active intervention from the side of policy making to regulate the expansion of cattle ranching and to minimize possible detrimental effects is seen as necessary. The position of the different discourses in relation to these domains could help policy makers to make measures and regulations more widely accepted and followed. 22024-01-0120242024-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/291981https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s00267-024-01957-7reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2919812026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Livestock Frontier in the Paraguayan Chaco
A Local Agent-based Perspective
title The Livestock Frontier in the Paraguayan Chaco
spellingShingle The Livestock Frontier in the Paraguayan Chaco
Milán Sendra, María José|||0000-0001-6230-6724
Q methodology
Agricultural frontier
Tropical deforestation
Cattle ranching
Discourse
title_short The Livestock Frontier in the Paraguayan Chaco
title_full The Livestock Frontier in the Paraguayan Chaco
title_fullStr The Livestock Frontier in the Paraguayan Chaco
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Milán Sendra, María José|||0000-0001-6230-6724
González, Elizabeth
López i Gelats, Feliu|||0000-0003-4908-4017
author Milán Sendra, María José|||0000-0001-6230-6724
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González, Elizabeth
López i Gelats, Feliu|||0000-0003-4908-4017
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López i Gelats, Feliu|||0000-0003-4908-4017
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Agricultural frontier
Tropical deforestation
Cattle ranching
Discourse
topic Q methodology
Agricultural frontier
Tropical deforestation
Cattle ranching
Discourse
description Deforestation is one of the most relevant transformations characterizing global environmental change in the tropics at present. There is wide consensus in pointing the context-dependent nature of tropical deforestation. In this sense, a better characterization of the phenomenon considering the social context could provide a more accurate picture of tropical deforestation. With this aim, a Q-methodology discourse analysis was conducted to characterise the different discourses that coexist in the particular region of the Paraguayan Chaco concerning the development of cattle ranching and derived deforestation. Four different discourses were identified as making sense the wide range of interests and values coexisting and clashing in the Paraguayan Chaco, namely: the Environmentalist discourse, the Business discourse, the Resigned discourse, and the Possibilist discourse. The results point that the fundamental differences between the discourses are largely explained by the different positions on three specific domains: (i) the socio-economic benefits the expansion of cattle ranching brings about; (ii) the environmental impacts the expansion of cattle ranching and the derived deforestation brings on; and, finally (iii) the degree to which an active intervention from the side of policy making to regulate the expansion of cattle ranching and to minimize possible detrimental effects is seen as necessary. The position of the different discourses in relation to these domains could help policy makers to make measures and regulations more widely accepted and followed.
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