Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology

While many goverment policies stimulating deforestation have been reserved, private sector lobbies for uncontrolled logging and soybean export corridors threaten the Amazon. Under a favorable scenario (macroeconomic stabilization, controlled logging and road building, sustainable technologies, globa...

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Autores principales: Smith, J., Winograd, Manuel, Gallopin, G., Pachico, Douglas H.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/17905
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author Smith, J.
Winograd, Manuel
Gallopin, G.
Pachico, Douglas H.
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description While many goverment policies stimulating deforestation have been reserved, private sector lobbies for uncontrolled logging and soybean export corridors threaten the Amazon. Under a favorable scenario (macroeconomic stabilization, controlled logging and road building, sustainable technologies, global environmental markets) reconversion of natural habitat could be 30% lower than under unfavorable policies and technologies, without sacrificing production
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spelling CGSpace179052025-01-24T14:12:56Z Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology Smith, J. Winograd, Manuel Gallopin, G. Pachico, Douglas H. agriculture savannas policies technology environmental degradation While many goverment policies stimulating deforestation have been reserved, private sector lobbies for uncontrolled logging and soybean export corridors threaten the Amazon. Under a favorable scenario (macroeconomic stabilization, controlled logging and road building, sustainable technologies, global environmental markets) reconversion of natural habitat could be 30% lower than under unfavorable policies and technologies, without sacrificing production 1998 2012-06-04T09:04:44Z 2012-06-04T09:04:44Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/17905 en Smith, J., Winograd, M., Gallopin, G., Pachico, D. 1998. Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology . Environmental Modeling & Assessment 3 :31- 46.
spellingShingle agriculture
savannas
policies
technology
environmental degradation
Smith, J.
Winograd, Manuel
Gallopin, G.
Pachico, Douglas H.
Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology
title Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology
title_full Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology
title_fullStr Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology
title_full_unstemmed Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology
title_short Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology
title_sort dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the amazon and savannas of brazil analyzing the impact of policy and technology
topic agriculture
savannas
policies
technology
environmental degradation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/17905
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