The economics of deforestation in the Amazon [electronic resource] : dispelling the myths / João S. Campari.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2005Description: 1 online resource (xii, 242 p.) : ill., mapsISBN: 9781845425517 (e-book)Subject(s): Deforestation -- Amazon River Region | Deforestation -- Brazil | Deforestation -- Economic aspects -- Amazon River Region | Deforestation -- Economic aspects -- BrazilGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 333.75/137/09811 LOC classification: SD418.3.A43 | C36 2005Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-230) and index.
1. Deforestation and its myths -- 2. Occupation, changing migration dynamics, and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon -- 3. The political economy of frontier expansion and deforestation in the Amazon -- 4. Deforestation and the rules of land allocation -- 5. The Turnover hypothesis of Amazon deforestation : conceptual framework -- 6. Colonization projects : field work -- 7. Turnover on farming plots -- 8. Deforestation and land re-concentration in the Amazon frontier -- 9. Dispelling other myths about the Amazon -- 10. Policy implications and recommendations.
This provocative new book presents the results of twenty years of research on deforestation in the Amazon. By carefully observing the changing character of human settlements and their association with deforestation over such a prolonged period, the author is able to reject much of the "perceived wisdom". He skillfully dissects various models of deforestation and provides hard evidence on what is myth and what is reality.
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