TY  - BOOK
AU  - Campari,João S.
ED  - Edward Elgar Publishing.
TI  - The economics of deforestation in the Amazon: dispelling the myths 
SN  - 9781845425517 (e-book)
AV  - SD418.3.A43 C36 2005
U1  - 333.75/137/09811 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cheltenham, U.K., Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Deforestation
KW  - Amazon River Region
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781843768791.xml
ER  -