DIFICULDADES ECONÔMICAS E ECOLÓGICAS DE PROGRAMAS DE FOMENTO FLORESTAL E A IMPORTÂNCIA DE COOPERATIVAS / Economic and Ecological Difficulties of Out-grower Schemes and the Importance of Cooperatives

The use of planted forests has been proposed in the last years in ways that contributes todevelopment and conservation of the environment. This article discusses the theme of OutgrowSchemes, a type of partnership that has been developing between private forest companiesand small and medium farmers a...

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Main Author: Arlete Maria da Silva Alves
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Language:English
Published: Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2007-06-01
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Online Access:http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=308&article=224&mode=pdf
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description The use of planted forests has been proposed in the last years in ways that contributes todevelopment and conservation of the environment. This article discusses the theme of OutgrowSchemes, a type of partnership that has been developing between private forest companiesand small and medium farmers and/or communities in different parts of the world. A termcommonly used in Portuguese to refer to such schemes is “Fomento Florestal”. This article isbased on research conducted on programs of “fomento florestal” of five forest companies inBrazil, located in the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná and Santa Catarina.The study that provides the data for the analysis in this text is part of a wider research programof the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) of the United Nations on “Outgrow schemes”in the world. One of the findings of the study refers to the constitution of cooperatives by theparticipant tree growers. This article presents the opinions of the company staff interviewedwith relation to the main economic and ecological difficulties confronted by such programs,and their opinions and of some of the tree growers about the factors that hinder and thatfacilitate the obtaining of the expected economic benefits and on the constitution of cooperativesby the participants tree growers.
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spelling doaj-art-4b2503c6c0624bb6b968dbbf65a71be52025-08-20T01:56:27ZengEditora da Universidade Federal de UberlândiaSociedade & Natureza0103-15701982-45132007-06-01191518DIFICULDADES ECONÔMICAS E ECOLÓGICAS DE PROGRAMAS DE FOMENTO FLORESTAL E A IMPORTÂNCIA DE COOPERATIVAS / Economic and Ecological Difficulties of Out-grower Schemes and the Importance of CooperativesArlete Maria da Silva AlvesThe use of planted forests has been proposed in the last years in ways that contributes todevelopment and conservation of the environment. This article discusses the theme of OutgrowSchemes, a type of partnership that has been developing between private forest companiesand small and medium farmers and/or communities in different parts of the world. A termcommonly used in Portuguese to refer to such schemes is “Fomento Florestal”. This article isbased on research conducted on programs of “fomento florestal” of five forest companies inBrazil, located in the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná and Santa Catarina.The study that provides the data for the analysis in this text is part of a wider research programof the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) of the United Nations on “Outgrow schemes”in the world. One of the findings of the study refers to the constitution of cooperatives by theparticipant tree growers. This article presents the opinions of the company staff interviewedwith relation to the main economic and ecological difficulties confronted by such programs,and their opinions and of some of the tree growers about the factors that hinder and thatfacilitate the obtaining of the expected economic benefits and on the constitution of cooperativesby the participants tree growers.http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=308&article=224&mode=pdfSocioeconomic and Sustainable DevelopmentOut-grower SchemesCooperatives
spellingShingle Arlete Maria da Silva Alves
DIFICULDADES ECONÔMICAS E ECOLÓGICAS DE PROGRAMAS DE FOMENTO FLORESTAL E A IMPORTÂNCIA DE COOPERATIVAS / Economic and Ecological Difficulties of Out-grower Schemes and the Importance of Cooperatives
Sociedade & Natureza
Socioeconomic and Sustainable Development
Out-grower Schemes
Cooperatives
title DIFICULDADES ECONÔMICAS E ECOLÓGICAS DE PROGRAMAS DE FOMENTO FLORESTAL E A IMPORTÂNCIA DE COOPERATIVAS / Economic and Ecological Difficulties of Out-grower Schemes and the Importance of Cooperatives
title_full DIFICULDADES ECONÔMICAS E ECOLÓGICAS DE PROGRAMAS DE FOMENTO FLORESTAL E A IMPORTÂNCIA DE COOPERATIVAS / Economic and Ecological Difficulties of Out-grower Schemes and the Importance of Cooperatives
title_fullStr DIFICULDADES ECONÔMICAS E ECOLÓGICAS DE PROGRAMAS DE FOMENTO FLORESTAL E A IMPORTÂNCIA DE COOPERATIVAS / Economic and Ecological Difficulties of Out-grower Schemes and the Importance of Cooperatives
title_full_unstemmed DIFICULDADES ECONÔMICAS E ECOLÓGICAS DE PROGRAMAS DE FOMENTO FLORESTAL E A IMPORTÂNCIA DE COOPERATIVAS / Economic and Ecological Difficulties of Out-grower Schemes and the Importance of Cooperatives
title_short DIFICULDADES ECONÔMICAS E ECOLÓGICAS DE PROGRAMAS DE FOMENTO FLORESTAL E A IMPORTÂNCIA DE COOPERATIVAS / Economic and Ecological Difficulties of Out-grower Schemes and the Importance of Cooperatives
title_sort dificuldades economicas e ecologicas de programas de fomento florestal e a importancia de cooperativas economic and ecological difficulties of out grower schemes and the importance of cooperatives
topic Socioeconomic and Sustainable Development
Out-grower Schemes
Cooperatives
url http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=308&article=224&mode=pdf
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