%0 Journal Article
%T Impacto econ£¿mico da reserva legal sobre diferentes tipos de unidades de produ£¿£¿o agropecu¨¢ria
%A Fasiaben
%A Maria do Carmo Ramos
%A Romeiro
%A Ademar Ribeiro
%A Peres
%A Fernando Curi
%A Maia
%A Alexandre Gori
%J Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural
%R 10.1590/S0103-20032011000400010
%X this paper aims to analyze the economic impact of the legal reserve on the gross margin of different types of farms located in the watershed of the ori£¿anga river - in s£¿o paulo state, brazil. in order to reach such purpose, a typology of farmers was elaborated for the watershed. two farmer types were selected for a detailed study: small farmers with low technology and citrus producers. the productive structure of both types was modeled through the recursive programming method, comprising the period between 2002/03 and 2008/09. the current farm system adopted by each type was confronted with two scenarios for legal reserve compensation: i) through the reallocation of productive areas within the farms and sustainable management of natural vegetation recovery in order to explore the production of timber; ii) through the spontaneous growth of natural vegetation. results highlight the importance of policies aimed to obtain a more equitable distribution of environmental conservation costs in the society, as well as the importance of locational adjustments of the legal reserves, in order to reach a better equilibrium between the preservation of biodiversity and the opportunity cost of land.
%K legal forested reserve
%K forest code
%K forest restoration
%K economic evaluation
%K farmer's typology.
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