Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer?
Short-term trends show that livestock production is becoming an increasingly important factor in regional development, possibly because of the combined effect of increasing the forages on offer and planting crops better adapted to the environmental and economic conditions of marginal areas and the d...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
1998
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| author | Rivas Ríos, Libardo |
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| description | Short-term trends show that livestock production is becoming an increasingly important factor in regional development, possibly because of the combined effect of increasing the forages on offer and planting crops better adapted to the environmental and economic conditions of marginal areas and the decreasing interest of the State in expanding the agricultural frontier. Overall planning of land use should be improved, but to do so, a more detailed characterization and monitoring of deforestation are essential. Causes and effects of deforestation should be identified and quantified, as well as the magnitude and location of high-risk areas and the urgency of measures required to confine the process. Several ongoing projects aim to demonstrate the technical and economic viability of carbon sequestration by replacing slash-and-burn agriculture with activities such as timber production in developing countries and the possibility of marketing these services in global environmental markets. This opens new possibilities for more sustainable land use, without reducing the standard of living of the population. The present work was based on a broad literature review and covers the following topics: (a) deforestation, (b) factors determining deforestation, (c) livestock expansion and deforestation, and (d) economic policies and technology. Conclusions are also provided. |
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| spelling | CGSpace719952025-11-05T17:39:18Z Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer? Rivas Ríos, Libardo deforestation animal husbandry economic policies land use ecosystems urban rural migration tropical forests deforestación ganadería política económica utilización de la tierra ecosistema bosque tropical migración urbana-rural Short-term trends show that livestock production is becoming an increasingly important factor in regional development, possibly because of the combined effect of increasing the forages on offer and planting crops better adapted to the environmental and economic conditions of marginal areas and the decreasing interest of the State in expanding the agricultural frontier. Overall planning of land use should be improved, but to do so, a more detailed characterization and monitoring of deforestation are essential. Causes and effects of deforestation should be identified and quantified, as well as the magnitude and location of high-risk areas and the urgency of measures required to confine the process. Several ongoing projects aim to demonstrate the technical and economic viability of carbon sequestration by replacing slash-and-burn agriculture with activities such as timber production in developing countries and the possibility of marketing these services in global environmental markets. This opens new possibilities for more sustainable land use, without reducing the standard of living of the population. The present work was based on a broad literature review and covers the following topics: (a) deforestation, (b) factors determining deforestation, (c) livestock expansion and deforestation, and (d) economic policies and technology. Conclusions are also provided. 1998 2016-02-29T17:13:52Z 2016-02-29T17:13:52Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71995 es Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Rivas Rios, Libardo. 1998. Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical : Qué podemos hacer?. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 37 p. |
| spellingShingle | deforestation animal husbandry economic policies land use ecosystems urban rural migration tropical forests deforestación ganadería política económica utilización de la tierra ecosistema bosque tropical migración urbana-rural Rivas Ríos, Libardo Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer? |
| title | Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer? |
| title_full | Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer? |
| title_fullStr | Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer? |
| title_short | Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer? |
| title_sort | ganaderia y deforestacion en america latina tropical que podemos hacer |
| topic | deforestation animal husbandry economic policies land use ecosystems urban rural migration tropical forests deforestación ganadería política económica utilización de la tierra ecosistema bosque tropical migración urbana-rural |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71995 |
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