Country, calypso or carimbó? The role of cultural value shifts in advancing Amazonian deforestation frontiers

这一跨学科项目解决了如何减少热带森林砍伐这一棘手问题。当前的战略，如REDD正在失败，并植根于理性经济决策的假设。然而，新出现的研究强调了环境问题的社会文化根源和解决途径(例如Chan等人。2020年，人与自然)。人们越来越认识到，理解人们的环境价值是实现可持续发展和减少生物多样性损失的核心。Kendal&Raymond(2019，可持续科学)提出了一个理解社会生态价值变化的概念模型，但这需要进行实证检验。有趣的是，亚马逊地区的人种学研究表明，“牛文化”的传播(例如，时尚、音乐、文化活动)导致亚马逊人对森林的依恋程度降低。该项目旨在了解向森林砍伐边界的移民是否会导致当地文化价值的转移和森林砍伐的增加。它涉及三个问题：(1)牧场主的迁入是否导致亚马逊人口的文化价值转变？(2)文化价值转变是否加速了砍伐森林？(3)是否存在生态-文化转折点(见Fernández-Giménez等人)。2017年，人类世)在亚马逊引起或跟随着快速的环境变化？

This inter-disciplinary project addresses the intractable problem of how to reduce tropical deforestation. Current strategies such as REDD+ are failing and rooted in assumptions of rational economic decision-making. However, emerging research highlights the socio-cultural roots of environmental problems and solution pathways (e.g. Chan et al. 2020, People & Nature). Understanding people's environmental values is increasingly recognised as central to achieving sustainability and reducing biodiversity loss. Kendal & Raymond (2019, Sustainability Science) propose a conceptual model for understanding social-ecological value change, but this requires empirical testing. Interestingly, ethnographic work in Amazonia suggests that diffusion of 'cattle culture' (e.g. fashion, music, cultural events) causes Amazonians to become less attached to forests.This project aims to understand whether migration to deforestation frontiers leads to local cultural value shifts and increased deforestation. It addresses three questions:(1) Does in-migration of cattle-ranchers lead to cultural value shifts among Amazonian populations?(2) Do cultural value shifts accelerate deforestation?(3) Are there ecological-cultural tipping points (see Fernández-Giménez et al. 2017, Anthropocene) in Amazonia which cause or follow rapid environmental change?