Implications of BR-174 blockage in the Waimiri-Atroari Indigenous Reserve for biodiversity conservation and community governance

怀米里-阿特罗阿里土著保护区 BR-174 堵塞对生物多样性保护和社区治理的影响

• 批准号: 2887068
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2887068
• 关键词: Implications; BR; 174; blockage; Waimiri

This project aims to investigate the contribution of the BR-174 blockage by the Waimiri-Atroari (WA) indigenous community in mitigating biodiversity loss in the Amazon Forest. The BR-174, a highway that crosses the Brazilian territory, was built during the dictatorship as a policy to colonize the Amazon Forest and caused the death of almost 3,000 indigenous due to armed conflicts. For over 40 years, the WA community has blocked daily access to the stretch of the BR-174 inside their territory as a resistance measure. However, this blockage represents unknown ecological impacts and significant social conflicts with the government and the private sector. On the ecological side,very few studies were conducted to quantify animal roadkill in the Amazon Forest, while the current context of increasing road expansion and deforestation in the region represents a threat to biodiversity conservation. In thisproject, we will evaluate the impacts of the BR-174 blockage on biodiversity conservation by assessing the number of roadkill inside and outside the reserve and the influence of the barrier effect on the local mammals. From a social perspective, we will also evaluate the motivations for the road closure through interviews with the WA community members and understand how new governance structures are formed and the main drivers of success orfailure. As a result, the project will inform possible policies around road expansion that could minimize the costs for wildlife and people.

该项目旨在调查怀米里-阿特罗阿里 (WA) 土著社区 BR-174 封锁对缓解亚马逊森林生物多样性丧失的贡献。 BR-174 是一条穿越巴西领土的高速公路，是在独裁统治期间作为殖民亚马逊森林的政策而修建的，并因武装冲突导致近 3,000 名土著人死亡。 40 多年来，西澳社区每天封锁其境内 BR-174 路段的通道，作为抵抗措施。然而，这种堵塞代表着未知的生态影响以及与政府和私营部门的重大社会冲突。在生态方面，很少有研究来量化亚马逊森林中的动物道路死亡，而目前该地区道路扩建和森林砍伐的增加对生物多样性保护构成了威胁。在本项目中，我们将通过评估保护区内外路杀数量以及屏障效应对当地哺乳动物的影响，评估BR-174封锁对生物多样性保护的影响。从社会角度，我们还将通过对西澳社区成员的访谈来评估封路的动机，了解新的治理结构是如何形成的以及成功或失败的主要驱动因素。因此，该项目将为有关道路扩建的可能政策提供信息，从而最大限度地减少野生动物和人类的成本。