Author: João S. Campari
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1845425510
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
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'.
The Economics of Deforestation in the Amazon
Author: João S. Campari
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1845425510
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
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'.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1845425510
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
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'.
Readings of the Workshop on Government Policy Reform for Forestry Conservation and Development in Latin America
Author: Hernán Cortés-Salas
Publisher: IICA
ISBN: 9789290392859
Category : Forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher: IICA
ISBN: 9789290392859
Category : Forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The Global Economics of Forestry
Author: William F. Hyde
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415518288
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Concluding chapters review the roles of the newer institutional landowners, of smaller private and farm landowners, and of public agencies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415518288
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Concluding chapters review the roles of the newer institutional landowners, of smaller private and farm landowners, and of public agencies.
The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon
Author: Lykke E. Andersen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521811972
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A 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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521811972
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A 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.
Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon
Author: Sérgio Margulis
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821356913
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Annotation 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.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821356913
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Annotation 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.
The Economics of Land Use
Author: Ian W. Hardie
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351891081
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
The Economics of Land Use brings together the most significant journal essays in key areas of contemporary agricultural, food and resource economics and land use policy. The editors provide a state-of-the-art overview of the topic and access to the economic literature that has shaped contemporary perspectives on land use analysis and policy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351891081
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
The Economics of Land Use brings together the most significant journal essays in key areas of contemporary agricultural, food and resource economics and land use policy. The editors provide a state-of-the-art overview of the topic and access to the economic literature that has shaped contemporary perspectives on land use analysis and policy.
The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin
Author: Michael E. McClain
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195114310
Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
"What are the fluxes of greenhouse gases across the atmospheric interface of ecosystems? How much carbon is stored in the biomass and soils of the basin? How are elements from the land transferred to the basin's surface waters? What is the sum of elements transferred from land to ocean, and what is its marine "fate"? This book of original chapters by experts in chemical and biological oceanography, tropical agronomy and biology, and the atmospheric sciences will address these and other important questions."
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195114310
Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
"What are the fluxes of greenhouse gases across the atmospheric interface of ecosystems? How much carbon is stored in the biomass and soils of the basin? How are elements from the land transferred to the basin's surface waters? What is the sum of elements transferred from land to ocean, and what is its marine "fate"? This book of original chapters by experts in chemical and biological oceanography, tropical agronomy and biology, and the atmospheric sciences will address these and other important questions."
Why Governments Waste Natural Resources
Author: William Ascher
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801860966
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Drawing on 16 case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, reveals the complex political and programmatic reasons why government officials in developing countries often willfully adopt wasteful natural resource policies.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801860966
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Drawing on 16 case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, reveals the complex political and programmatic reasons why government officials in developing countries often willfully adopt wasteful natural resource policies.
Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability
Author: Ramón López
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191538221
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Economic growth as we know it today cannot persist indefinitely if it entails continuous degradation of natural resources and the environment. While in a few countries around the world it appears that environmental degradation has been the result of rapid economic growth, in the vast majority of the developing countries the environment has been equally spoiled despite slow or even negative economic growth. This book provides new insights on the common roots of economic stagnation, poverty and environmental degradation which, unfortunately, generally reside in misguided government policies and priorities. By doing this, the volume seeks to provide a broader policy option framework than those found in conventional policy analyses, mainly dominated by the "Washington Consensus". It shows that a major omission of the conventional view is that governments tend to allocate government expenditures in a biased way favouring subsidies to the economic elites to the detriment of investments in public goods, including human capital, R&D, as well as the development of institutions (environmental and otherwise), which are vital for long run growth, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191538221
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Economic growth as we know it today cannot persist indefinitely if it entails continuous degradation of natural resources and the environment. While in a few countries around the world it appears that environmental degradation has been the result of rapid economic growth, in the vast majority of the developing countries the environment has been equally spoiled despite slow or even negative economic growth. This book provides new insights on the common roots of economic stagnation, poverty and environmental degradation which, unfortunately, generally reside in misguided government policies and priorities. By doing this, the volume seeks to provide a broader policy option framework than those found in conventional policy analyses, mainly dominated by the "Washington Consensus". It shows that a major omission of the conventional view is that governments tend to allocate government expenditures in a biased way favouring subsidies to the economic elites to the detriment of investments in public goods, including human capital, R&D, as well as the development of institutions (environmental and otherwise), which are vital for long run growth, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.
Agricultural Intensification by Smallholders in the Western Brazilian Amazon
Author: Stephen A. Vosti
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896291324
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Research site and sample characteristics; Multivariate analysis; A fram-level bioeconomic model.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896291324
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Research site and sample characteristics; Multivariate analysis; A fram-level bioeconomic model.