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Causes of deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon

Margulis, Sergio

2004,2003

Overview

The worldwide concern with deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia is partly motivated by the perception that it is a destructive process in which the social and economics gains are smaller than the environmental losses. The perception also underlies the diagnostic, formulation and evaluation of public policies proposed by government and non-governmental organizations working in the region, including the World Bank. Causes of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon studies the role of cattle ranching – its dynamic and profitability – in the expansion of deforestation. It provides a social evaluation of deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia by, on one hand, identifying the main agents involved in the process, the economic motives behind their activities and their possible economic returns and, on the other hand, by undertaking a monetary evaluation of the economic (social) costs of deforestation while making some comparisons with sustainable forest management. The title presents and compares a number of different scenarios and proposed recommendations for the region.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: Amazon River Region / Amazonasgebiet / ANIMAL PRODUCTION / BEEF / BEEF CATTLE / BIODIVERSITY / Brasilien / Brazil / BREEDING / CATTLE / CATTLE INDUSTRY / CATTLE PRODUCTION / CGIAR / CGIAR CONSULTATIVE GROUP / CIFOR / CONSERVATION / CONSERVATION INITIATIVES / CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH / COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS / CROPS / CULTIVATION / DEFORESTATION / Deforestation -- Amazon River Region / Deforestation -- Brazil / DEFORESTATION RATES / ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS / ECONOMIC ACTIVITY / ECONOMIC ASPECTS / ECONOMIC STRATEGIES / Entwaldung / ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA / ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS / ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS / ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS / ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES / ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH / ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION / EXTERNALITIES / FAO / FARMERS / FOREST / FOREST AREAS / FOREST CLEARING / FOREST CONVERSION / FOREST COVER / FOREST MANAGEMENT / FOREST PROTECTION / FOREST RESOURCES / IDENTITY / IDRC / IFPRI / INCENTIVES (TAX) / INCOME / LAND TITLING / LAND USE / LIVESTOCK / LIVING STANDARDS / LOGGING / MICROECONOMICS / NATURAL RESOURCE / NATURAL RESOURCE BASE / NATURAL RESOURCES / NET INCOME / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / OPPORTUNITY COSTS / PASTURES / POLICY FORMULATION / POLICY INSTRUMENTS / POVERTY REDUCTION / PRECIPITATION / PRESENT VALUE / PRODUCERS / PRODUCTION COSTS / PRODUCTIVITY / PROPERTY RIGHTS / PUBLIC POLICIES / RAINFALL / RAINFORESTS / RANCHERS / RANCHING / Ranching -- Environmental aspects -- Amazon River Region / Ranching -- Environmental aspects -- Brazil / RESOURCE USE / Rinderhaltung / RURAL INCOME / SOCIAL ASPECTS / SOCIAL COSTS / SOYBEAN HARVESTING AGRICULTURE / SPATIAL PATTERNS / SUBSIDIES / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT / SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT / SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST / SUSTAINABLE USE / TIMBER / TIMBER EXTRACTION / TRADEOFFS / TRANSPORT COSTS / UNCTAD / UNITED NATIONS / URBANIZATION
• ISBN: 0821356917, 9780821356913, 0821356925, 9780821356920