Andre Steffens Moraes

Value of recreational fishing in the Brazilian Pantanal: a travel cost analysis using count data models.

Abstract Recreational fishing value of the Brazilian Pantanal is measured using travel cost method (TCM). We compare non-linear, Poisson and negative binomial count data models to estimate recreational fishing trip demands. The count data and truncated models are used primarily to account for non-negative integer and truncation properties of recreational fishing trips as suggested by the recreation valuation literature. The results reveal that non-linear and truncated count data models perform relatively well in our study. The economic values of recreational fishing in terms of consumer surplus (CS) are derived using non-linear and truncated models. We estimate the CS values from

Global valuation of ecosystem services: application to the Pantanal da Nhecolandia, Brazil

540.54 to

Cattle ranching and deforestation in the Brazilian Pantanal

869.57 per trip resulting in the total social welfare estimate range from

A financial analysis of treatment strategies for Trypanosoma evansi in the Brazilian Pantanal

35 to

Trypanosoma evansi control and horse mortality in the Brazilian Pantanal

56 million. The study demonstrates a relatively high value of recreational fishing in the Pantanal in comparison to similar studies conducted in other parts of the world. The findings of this study would be important for resource management decisions in the Pantanal and could serve as a reference in valuing similar resources in other ecosystems around the world.

Análise da eficiência do mercado futuro brasileiro de boi gordo usando co-integração

In Costanza et al.’s famous Nature paper [Costanza, R., d’Arge, R, de Groot, R, Farber, S., Grasso, M., Hannon, B., et al. The value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 15 (387), 253‐260.] a value for the world’s ecosystem services is posited as a point of departure for further discussion. These calculations were re-estimated and qualitatively assessed in application to the Pantanal sub-region Nhecolandia. The original study was re-estimated to evaluate the sensitivity of the original study to more detailed and accurate data and to better understand the potential for the people of the Pantanal to benefit from environmental stewardship. Refocusing the analysis to the regional watershed level using locally derived data provided an opportunity to explore appropriate local policy alternatives and recognize regional biophysical heterogeneity which is largely impractical at the global, hemispheric or, perhaps, national scale. A value of more than US

Qualidade da Dieta Selecionada por Bovinos na Sub-Região da Nhecolândia, Pantanal

15.5 billion, or US

Outbreak of Trypanosoma evansi in the Brazilian Pantanal. A financial analysis

5 million per resident was derived; an annual per hectare value of approximately 1:2 of Costanza et al.’s calculations. More biophysically diverse, but largely drier, regional conditions indicated by our data explain this discrepancy. Water supply and disturbance regulation contribute close to 2:3 of the total calculated value. Waste treatment, cultural value, and water regulation each contribute substantially (6‐9%) to the total. Nutrient cycling, recreation, and habitat values play more minor roles (1.5‐3%) in the total valuation. The concepts of imperfect substitutes and comparative advantage are applied within the broad category of natural capital in order to evaluate the potential of alternative economic development strategies for the region.

Quanto vale o Pantanal? A valoração ambiental aplicada ao bioma Pantanal.

Abstract Regional economic indicators and incentives for agricultural landowners in the Brazilian Pantanal were explored in order to understand better the observed increases in deforestation for the implantation of cultivated pastures to assist in the extensive management of beef cattle. About 95% of Pantanal lands are privately owned and about 80% are used as extensively managed cattle ranches. The mean size of agricultural property in the Pantanal is increasing, the cattle density and numbers are decreasing, the proportion of land in cultivated pastures is decreasing, but the area is increasing, land and animal wealth is highly concentrated, and the amount and proportion of land in natural pastures is decreasing. Statistical analyses reveal that land and animal wealth, intensification of agricultural effort, human population, natural pastures and location relative to infrastructure and regional markets influence either the magnitude or the proportion of Pantanal lands deforested for the purpose of implanting cultivated pastures or both. A nonlinear link between wealth measures and deforestation was not established. Improving the profitability of forestland should unambiguously improve the likelihood of its continued management as forest and the maintenance of biological diversity. Potential sustainable uses of forested lands and native biological diversity in the Pantanal include the sustainable extraction of forest species, ranching of wild and feral species, and tourism.

Análise Da Eficiência Dos Mercados Futuros De Commodities Agrícolas Brasileiras Utilizando Co-Integração

The Brazilian Pantanal is a 138,000 km2 tropical seasonal wetland located in the center of South America bordering Bolivia and Paraguay. The Pantanal contains approximately 1100 cattle ranches, 3 million cattle, 49,000 horses and a unique diversity of wildlife. Cattle ranching is the most important economic activity in the Pantanal. This study explores the direct financial impacts of the adoption of seven treatment strategies for the control of Trypanosoma evansi in the Brazilian Pantanal. T. evansi adversely affects the health of the horse population in the region. Horses are indispensable to the cattle ranching industry in the Pantanal. Estimated costs include risk of infection, costs of diagnosis, alternative treatments, collecting animals for treatment, and costs of animal losses. The estimated total cost of T. evansi to the Pantanal regions cattle ranchers is about US