The Dynamics Of Deforestation And Economic Growth In The Brazilian Amazon

Author : Lykke E. Andersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052181197X

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The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon by Lykke E. Andersen Pdf

A multi-disciplinary team of authors analyze the economics of Brazilian deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. They survey the most up to date work in this field and present their own dynamic and spatial econometric analysis based on municipality level panel data spanning the entire Brazilian Amazon from 1970 to 1996. By observing the dynamics of land use change over such a long period the team is able to provide quantitative estimates of the long-run economic costs and benefits of both land clearing and government policies such as road building. The authors find that some government policies, such as road paving in already highly settled areas, are beneficial both for economic development and for the preservation of forest, while other policies, such as the construction of unpaved roads through virgin areas, stimulate wasteful land uses to the detriment of both economic growth and forest cover.

Author : Sérgio Margulis
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0821356917

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Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon by Sérgio Margulis Pdf

Annotation This title studies the role of cattle ranching its dynamic and profitability in the expansion of deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia. It provides a social evaluation of deforestation in this region and presents and compares a number of different scenarios and proposed recommendations.

Author : Lykke E. Andersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052181197X

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The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon by Lykke E. Andersen Pdf

A multi-disciplinary team of authors analyze the economics of Brazilian deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. They survey the most up to date work in this field and present their own dynamic and spatial econometric analysis based on municipality level panel data spanning the entire Brazilian Amazon from 1970 to 1996. By observing the dynamics of land use change over such a long period the team is able to provide quantitative estimates of the long-run economic costs and benefits of both land clearing and government policies such as road building. The authors find that some government policies, such as road paving in already highly settled areas, are beneficial both for economic development and for the preservation of forest, while other policies, such as the construction of unpaved roads through virgin areas, stimulate wasteful land uses to the detriment of both economic growth and forest cover.

Author : Andrea Cattaneo
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780896291300

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Balancing Agricultural Development and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by Andrea Cattaneo Pdf

Since the 1970s, federal policies promoting migration and encouraging agricultural development of large farms, logging, and ranching have led to the deforestation of vast areas of the Amazon rainforest.Though these policies have largely been replaced, deforestation continues. What effects do current macroeconomic and regional policies and events have on deforestation and on the well-being of settlers on the agricultural frontier? This report identifies the links between the agriculture and logging sectors in the Amazon, economic growth, poverty alleviation, and natural resource degradation in the region and in Brazil as a whole.It considers the effects of currency devaluation, building roads and other infrastructure in the Amazon, property rights, adoption of technological change, and fiscal incentives and disincentives to deforest.The results are sometimes counterintuitive, but shed new light on why slowing deforestation is so difficult and on the trade-offs between environmental and economic goals.

Author : Alexander S. P. Pfaff
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Carreteras - Brasil
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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What Drives Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? by Alexander S. P. Pfaff Pdf

Author : Mariano Torras
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822032096117

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Welfare, Inequality and Resource Depletion by Mariano Torras Pdf

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Author : Sérgio Margulis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : OCLC:1074943091

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Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon by Sérgio Margulis Pdf

"This report suggests that, in contrast to the 1970s and 1980s when occupation of Brazilian Amazonia was largely induced by government policies and subsidies, recent deforestation in significant parts of the region is basically caused by medium- and large-scale cattle ranching. Following a private rationale, the dynamics of the occupation process gradually became autonomous. Among the causes of the transformation are technological and managerial changes and the adaptation of cattle ranching to the geo-ecological conditions of eastern Amazonia which allowed for productivity gains and cost reductions. The fact that cattle ranching is viable from the private perspective does not mean that the activity is socially desirable nor environmentally sustainable. Private gains need to be contrasted with the environmental (social) costs associated with cattle ranching and deforestation. It also is legitimate to argue that the private benefits from large-scale cattle ranching are largely exclusive, having contributed little to alleviate social and economic inequalities. However, decreases in the price of beef in national markets and increases in exports caused by the expansion of cattle ranching in Eastern Amazonia may imply social benefits that go beyond sectoral and regional boundaries." --Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : Frederico Brandão,George Schoneveld
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The state of oil palm development in the Brazilian Amazon: Trends, value chain dynamics, and business models by Frederico Brandão,George Schoneveld Pdf

Over the past decade, the Brazilian government has actively promoted oil palm in the Amazon biome as an alternative biodiesel feedstock to soy. Because of oil palm’s comparatively high productivity, it places less demand on land than soy and could thereby contribute to reducing pressure on the Amazonian forest. Although oil palm has long been a leading driver of deforestation and social conflict in major producer countries in Southeast Asia, the Brazilian government has put in place a number of mechanisms to ensure oil palm is cultivated sustainably and the sector is inclusive of the rural poor. Through research conducted in Brazil’s leading palm oil producing state of Pará, this paper analyzes the evolution and dynamics of the Brazilian palm oil value chain and the economic, environmental and social challenges faced by the sector. In so doing, it shows that under the right institutional and regulatory conditions, the palm oil sector can expand sustainably and inclusively within forested ecosystems. This though translates into considerably higher production costs for producers, thus undermining the international competitiveness of the Brazilian palm oil sector.

Author : Jill L. Caviglia
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173007492451

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Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil by Jill L. Caviglia Pdf

Caviglia (economics, Salisbury State University) explores the relationship between land use choices of small-scale farmers and the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. She analyzes why sustainable agriculture has not been more widely adopted in the region and offers policy prescriptions to address this problem. She uses original case studies of farms in the area to estimate the probability of the adoption of sustainable agriculture and, once the adoption decision has been made, the intensity of adoption. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Sharon L. Spray,Matthew David Moran
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0742534820

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Tropical Deforestation by Sharon L. Spray,Matthew David Moran Pdf

Tropical Deforestation introduces readers to the important concepts for understanding the environmental challenges and consequences of the deforestation. Contributions from scientists and academics in the social sciences and humanities provide readers with an initial 'tool kit' for understanding the concepts central to their disciplinary perspective and the multi-dimensional aspects of deforestation.

Author : Nigel J. H. Smith
Publisher : United Nations University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9280809067

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Amazonia by Nigel J. H. Smith Pdf

Amazonia under siege; Environmental threats; Forces of change and societal responses; Forest conservation and management; Silviculture and plantation crops; Agro-forestry and perennial cropping systems; Ranching problems and potential on the uplands; Land-use dynamics on the Amazon flood plain; Trends and opportunities.

Author : J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.,Marina V. Rosser
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262037334

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Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy, third edition by J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.,Marina V. Rosser Pdf

An approach to comparative economic systems that avoids simple dichotomies to examine a wide variety of institutional and systemic arrangements, with updated country case studies. Comparative economics, with its traditional dichotomies of socialism versus capitalism, private versus state, and planning versus market, is changing. This innovative textbook offers a new approach to understanding different economic systems that reflects both recent transformations in the world economy and recent changes in the field.This new edition examines a wide variety of institutional and systemic arrangements, many of which reflect deep roots in countries' cultures and histories. The book has been updated and revised throughout, with new material in both the historical overview and the country case studies. It offers a broad survey of economic systems, then looks separately at market capitalism, Marxism and socialism, and “new traditional economies” (with an emphasis on the role of religions, Islam in particular, in economic systems). It presents case studies of advanced capitalist nations, including the United States, Japan, Sweden, and Germany; alternative paths in the transition from socialist to market economies taken by such countries as Russia, the former Soviet republics, Poland, China, and the two Koreas; and developing countries, including India, Iran, South Africa, Mexico, and Brazil. The new chapters on Brazil and South Africa complete the book's coverage of all five BRICS nations; the chapter on South Africa extends the book's comparative treatment to another continent. The chapter on Brazil with its account of the role of the Amazon rain forest as a great carbon sink expands the coverage of global environmental and sustainability issues. Each chapter ends with discussion questions.

Author : Edward B. Barbier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107179264

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Natural Resources and Economic Development by Edward B. Barbier Pdf

The second edition of this landmark book explores how natural resources contribute to development in poor economies.

Author : Viola Eduardo,Matías Franchini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351589710

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Brazil and Climate Change by Viola Eduardo,Matías Franchini Pdf

Climate change is increasingly a part of the human experience. As the problem worsens, the cooperative dilemma that the issue carries has become evident: climate change is a complex problem that systematically gets insufficient answers from the international system. This book offers an assessment of Brazil’s role in the global political economy of climate change. The authors, Eduardo Viola and Matías Franchini expertly review and answer the most common and widely cited questions on whether and in which way Brazil is aggravating or mitigating the climate crisis, including: Is it the benign, cooperative, environmental power that the Brazilian government claims it is? Why was it possible to dramatically reduce deforestation in the Amazon (2005-2010) and, more recently, was there a partial reversion? The book provides an accessible—and much needed—introduction to all those studying the challenges of the international system in the Anthropocene. Through a thorough analysis of Brazil in perspective vis a vis other emerging countries, this book provides an engaging introduction and up to date assessment of the climate reality of Brazil and a framework to analyze the climate performance of major economies, both on emission trajectory and policy profile: the climate commitment approach. Brazil and Climate Change is essential reading for all students of Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies, International Relations and Comparative Politics.

Author : The World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781464819094

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A Balancing Act for Brazil's Amazonian States by The World Bank Pdf

Social deprivations coincide with vast deforestation in Brazil's Legal Amazon, or Amazônia. Poverty reduction and sustainable development require renewed efforts to protect the region's exceptional natural wealth, coupled with a shift from an extractive to a productivity-oriented growth model.