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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Main Authors:	Lima, M., Skutsch, M., Medeiros Costa, G. de
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2011
Subjects:	biofuels deforestation social impacts farmers
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20914