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Who is going to save the Brazilian Amazon forest? Reflections on deforestation, wildlife eviction, and stewardship behavior
Author(s) -
Silva Marianny J. B.,
Costa Marconi F. da,
Farias Salomão A.,
Wanderley Lilian S. O.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychology and marketing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.035
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1520-6793
pISSN - 0742-6046
DOI - 10.1002/mar.21418
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , deforestation (computer science) , wildlife , stewardship (theology) , wildlife trade , environmental stewardship , sustainability , business , rainforest , government (linguistics) , bushmeat , transparency (behavior) , context (archaeology) , natural resource economics , geography , agroforestry , environmental resource management , environmental planning , political science , ecology , economics , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , politics , computer science , law , biology , programming language
The Brazilian Amazon deforestation is the context for this article, approached as a crime against humanity and wildlife. Recently, Amazon forest fires have also worried most of the economically developed nations, generating criticism and demanding that the Brazilian Government be more active in preventing fires and deforestation. It is necessary to guarantee the wellbeing and health of millions of animal species that live in this habitat, avoiding their extinctions and encouraging the preservation of the forest and its inhabitants. Agribusiness, together with illegal timber trade, are blamed for most of the deforestation. In this paper, we present and discuss Brazilian Amazon deforestation data, addressing the role of agribusiness as dependent on good environmental governance. We argue how stewardship behavior needs to become a path to stop deforestation and wildlife eviction and we reflect on what marketers in Brazil and the world can do to better protect the Amazon rainforest. We conclude that the Government, companies, and society must be coresponsible for the protection of the Amazon rainforest through conservation transparency, dialogue, environmental awareness, and sustainability in production and consumption practices.