The social dynamics of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 42
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Antônio Carlos Sant'Ana Diegues
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: S. Barraclough
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1995-11-05
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0230375804
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe social dynamics of deforestation and of forest protection are the ongoing interactions amongst social actors and processes that determine the use and management of forests. Based on a vast amount of research and detailed case-studies in Brazil, Central America, Nepal and Tanzania as well as several papers dealing with wider themes and regions, this book argues that most current discussions of increased rates of deforestation and perceived accompanying environmental crises are overly simplistic. Institutional reforms and policy measures that have been undertaken in developing countries usually failed to protect either the forests or people's livelihoods. Technical solutions to deforestation are only one element in what are essentially political questions. The central issue is not how to halt deforestation but rather how to manage forest areas and natural resources in order to meet social goals on a more equitable and sustainable basis. Conventional wisdom that attributes deforestation primarily to peasant ignorance and population growth is questioned as are other single factor explanations such as market and policy failures.
Author: Antônio Carlos Sant'Ana Diegues
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lykke E. Andersen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-12-12
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521811972
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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
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Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780821356913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation 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: Solon Barraclough
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished in association with the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Based on research and case studies in Brazil, Central America, Nepal, and Tanzania, as well as other work dealing with wider themes and regions, argues that most current discussions of increased rates of deforestation and perceived accompanying environmental crises are overly simplistic--the central issue being not how to halt deforestation but rather how to manage forest areas and natural resources in order to meet social goals on a more equitable and sustainable basis. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Solon Lovett Barraclough
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Luiz C. Barbosa
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780761815228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBarbosa (sociology, San Francisco State University) provides a global, world-systemic analysis of the problem of deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. He shows how changes in global ecopolitics demanding sustainable development, coupled with the onset of democracy in Brazil, substantially altered the battle over the future of Amazonia. He describes deforestation in the region in the context of an expanding frontier of global capitalism, and compares Amazon experiences with those of Costa Rica, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Author: B. H. Millikan
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 40
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