Deforestation and the social impacts of soy for biodiesel: Perspectives of farmers in the South Brazilian Amazon

Cultivation of soy for human and animal food has been growing rapidly in Brazil in the last thirty years, and the recent emergence of a biodiesel market in Brazil has stimulated this further. Soy occupies large parts of the Cerrado biome and has now reached the Amazon, and concerns have been raised...

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Autores principales:	Lima, M., Skutsch, M., Medeiros Costa, G. de
Formato:	Journal Article
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	2011
Materias:	biofuels deforestation social impacts farmers
Acceso en línea:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20914