Ocorrerá no dia 03/04/2024, quarta-feira, às 14h na sala 401A – FCE, o Seminário de Pesquisa “Historical Occupation and Modern Deforestation: Evidence from Indigenous Extinctions in the Amazon” na área de Economia Aplicada, ministrado pelo Prof. Dr. Bruno Barsanetti (Pesquisador FGV EPGE).
Abstract: This paper studies the long-run relationship between historical Indigenous extinctions and modern deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. We use information on the historical location of Indigenous groups, their extinction status, and the likely underlying extinction causes. We find that modern deforestation is substantially higher in the proximity of historically extinct Indigenous groups. This association holds for violent and disease-related extinctions, but not if the likely extinction cause is assimilation. Historical extinction events are also associated with more non-Indigenous settlements and land tenure today, but not before the onset of largescale deforestation circa 1970. Our findings suggest that historical occupation patterns affected deforestation in the long run, plausibly by removing a deterrence force by Indigenous peoples against deforestation.