Banca de DEFESA: MARIA LUIZA ALMEIDA LUZ

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STUDENT : MARIA LUIZA ALMEIDA LUZ
DATE: 20/09/2022
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Prédio da FACE e Virtual
TITLE:

The Economics of Restoration: Current and Future Paths

KEY WORDS:

KEYWORDS: economics of restoration, economics of forest landscape restoration, decision-making, restoration trade-offs, bibliometrics

PAGES: 186
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Economia
SUBÁREA: Economias Agrária e dos Recursos Naturais
SPECIALTY: Economia dos Recursos Naturais
SUMMARY:

ABSTRACT

The Economics of Restoration is an interdisciplinary field that aims to integrate concepts and tools from the fields of ecologic and environmental economics and restoration ecology. Studies that focus on how to make better use of economic concepts and practices in restoration programs and projects are in great demand given a large number of areas in need of restoration, and the scarcity of resources. The contribution of this thesis is to investigate the advances and understand the challenges faced by the Economics of Restoration field. Five chapters, written as individual papers, were developed to conduct the investigation. A bibliometric analysis opens the thesis by mapping the literature and identifying the main topics of research, what are the basis of the field and the challenges to date. From the bibliometric analysis, we were able to identify the state of the art in how costs and benefits of restoration are being measured, incorporated, and communicated in the literature. This is presented in chapter 2. In chapter 3 we turn to the main topics that need to be further addressed to strengthen the decision-making processes when it comes to restoration actions. And, in the final two chapters, we present two case studies to investigate how economic and ecologic objectives can be integrated into restoration projects to account for different aspects of restoration areas. Of special interest was if economic activities could be used to fund restoration practices to enhance ecological resilience. In the thirty years of development of the Economics of Restoration field, much progress has been made regarding tools and instruments of restoration. The current main challenge is to improve communication and sharing of information between policymakers, society, researchers, and other stakeholders involved in restoration. The benefits of restoration are not yet fully shared with or understood by society, especially by the local communities. Regarding projects and programs, balancing ecological and economic outcomes is a challenge that needs to be addressed early in the planning of restoration. The economic viability of projects is tenuous given the complexity and specificity of restoration, and there is little room to maximize only ecological outcomes since economic activities must be incorporated into projects to balance the costs of restoration. This thesis shows how modelling the priorities of interest is crucial and we believe that this work is a useful tool and information source for policymakers and researchers in the field.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Interno - 403969 - JORGE MADEIRA NOGUEIRA
Interno - 2211607 - PEDRO HENRIQUE ZUCHI DA CONCEICAO
Externa ao Programa - 1165236 - DENISE IMBROISI
Externa à Instituição - JOANA D ARC BARDELLA CASTRO - UnB
Externo à Instituição - OSCAR JOSE CACHO