Comments on socioenvironmental conservation strategies in protected areas of the Amazon Várzea

Abstract

Significant advances have been made in conserving the floodplains of the Brazilian Amazon in the last decade. The Mamirauá and Amanã Sustainable Development Reserves (SDRs) in the Middle Solimões are the best examples of success in the implementation and management of sustainable use protected areas. This chapter discusses some of the reasons for their success and the-difficulties of applying Mamirauá and Amanã SDRs models elsewhere, using commons theory as a theoretical framework. It also brings to light the main lacunas-raised for-discussion by the participants at the roundtable Socioenvironmental Conservation Strategies in Protected Areas, as well as the recommendations for socioenvironmental conservation strategies in protected areas on the Amazonian floodplains.