Medicinal Plants: An Economic Alternative for Conservation of Brazilian Savannah?

Authors

  • Waldecy Rodrigues
  • Gislane Ferreira Barbosa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48075/igepec.v16i1.5663
Supporting Agencies
CNPq

Keywords:

Cerrado, Plantas Medicinais, Fitoterápicos.

Abstract

The rich biodiversity of Brazilian savannas, associated with its territorial extension, more than two million km2, gives this biome different possibility of economic use. The production of drugs from medicinal plants presents itself as an alternative that reconciles economic development and biodiversity conservation. Thus, the aim was to capitalize economically from the savanna of determining the rent for the use of land for exploitation of medicinal plants. For this purpose we applied the valuation model presented in Pearce and Moran (1994). Considering the current scenario of this biome, the estimated value of the rent for the land for exploitation of medicinal plants was R $ 0.001 ha / year, which is considered very low and stimulating the use of land for other agricultural purposes. But if effective policies are implemented and there is a strong market development of herbal medicines in the country, this figure may reach R$ 659.42 ha / year and can help reverse the pressures for deforestation in protected areas of the biome.

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Published

13-02-2012

How to Cite

RODRIGUES, W.; BARBOSA, G. F. Medicinal Plants: An Economic Alternative for Conservation of Brazilian Savannah?. Informe GEPEC, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 1, p. 160–175, 2012. DOI: 10.48075/igepec.v16i1.5663. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/gepec/article/view/5663. Acesso em: 23 may. 2024.

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