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

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cg.coverage.countryBrazil
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BR
cg.coverage.regionAmazonia
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019094218552
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/391
cg.journalEnvironmental Modeling and Assessment
cg.subject.ciforFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.contributor.authorSmith, J.
dc.contributor.authorWinograd, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorGallopin, G.
dc.contributor.authorPachico, Douglas H.
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-04T09:04:44Zen
dc.date.available2012-06-04T09:04:44Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/17905
dc.titleDynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technologyen
dcterms.abstractWhile 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 productionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSmith, 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.en
dcterms.issued1998
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectsavannasen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen
dcterms.subjectenvironmental degradationen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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