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production has important implications for the forest and agriculture sectors, land use, trade, and net greenhouse gas (GHG …
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the Brazilian Amazon. The settlement history of the region contributes directly to the way in which soy agriculture is … Amazon forests, and the small farmers, or colonos, who are now being bought out by soy agribusiness are also rooted in this … the area, field research was conducted on the role of primary and secondary forests for soy production. Research also …
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net loss of forests was 0.19% every year between 1990 and 2007. Human development, which involves life expectancy …
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As agricultural frontiers expand, and habitats contract, potential conflicts between conservation and development goals increase. Transferable development rights (TDR) programs offer a means of minimizingthe opportunitycosts (in foregoneagricultural rents) of protectinga desired quantity of...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the demand and supply relationship between urban and non‐urban land, the latter's diminishing supply, arguments for and against its preservation, methods in which preservation might be achieved and one method in particular, with which the...
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