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Smith, Joyotee

Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology - 3:31-46

While many government policies stimulating deforestation have been reversed, private sector lobbies for uncontrolled logging and soybean export corridors threaten the Amazon. Under a favorable scenario (macroeconomic stabilizaton, controlled logging and road building, sustainable technologies, global environmental markets) reconversion of natural habitat could be 30 percent lower than under unfavorable policies and technologies, without sacrificing production. (RA)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Land use
Simulation models
Environmental impact
Technological changes
Agricultural policies
Amazonas (Brazil)
Savannas
Utilización de la tierra
Modelos de simulación
Impacto ambiental
Cambio tecnológico
Política agrícola
Amazonas (Brasil)
Sabanas

Subjects--Index Terms: Thomson Kellogg-1 CIAT Editor CIAT Autor RJ Impacto institucional Institutional impact Articles in Refereed Journals

LC Class. No.: 61647