ABSTRACT

We assess the conditions under which forest-dependent groups in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest may overcome inequalities in the legal access to forest resources. Through the development of contrasting case studies, we address attempts made by two community-based associations that represent those groups to legalize their timber production. We explore the dominance and mobilization of resources and draw on the Strategic Action Fields perspective to organize and systematically compare the case studies. Results reveal that to overcome existing barriers to legalization, communities need to create a social movement dynamic to seize opportunities caused by the exogenous interferences in local social orders. Skilled social actors need to mobilize powerful supporters to accumulate resource endowments necessary to put forward the legalization process. These results are particularly important considering the enormous environmental importance of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest, the increase in deforestation rates, and the precarious socio-economic situation of forest-dependent peoples.

摘要

我们评估了巴西亚马逊雨林中依赖森林的群体在何种条件下可以克服合法获取森林资源方面的不平等。通过对比案例研究的发展，我们解决了代表这些群体的两个基于社区的协会为将其木材生产合法化所做的尝试。我们探索资源的主导地位和动员，并利用战略行动领域的观点来组织和系统地比较案例研究。结果表明，为了克服现有的合法化障碍，社区需要创造一种社会运动动力，以抓住因当地社会秩序受到外生干扰而产生的机会。有技能的社会行动者需要动员强大的支持者来积累推进合法化进程所必需的资源禀赋。