Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Since the 1970s, federal policies promoting migration and encouraging agricultural development of large farms, logging, and ranching have led to the deforestation of vast areas of the Amazon rainforest.Though these policies have largely been replaced, deforestation continues. What effects do current...

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Autor principal:	Cattaneo, Andrea
Formato:	Informe técnico
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2002
Materias:	environmental degradation poverty alleviation economic growth infrastructure land tenure deforestation devaluation natural resources management technological changes
Acceso en línea:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155596