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Caviglia-Harris, Jill L.; Harris, Daniel - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 3

Policymakers in the Brazilian Amazon face the challenge of meeting environmental and developmental goals as cities and towns within these tropical forests continue to face migration pressure. Alternative government planning strategies have been implemented to address forest clearing in...

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Cattle Accumulation and Land Use Intensification by Households in the Brazilian Amazon

Caviglia-Harris, Jill L. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 34 (2005) 2

In developing countries across the globe the impact of livestock on deforestation levels has been profound. This paper … inquiries raised in the literature are addressed, including the determinants of the co-evolution of deforestation and cattle …

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Monitoring needs to transform Amazonian forest maintenance into a global warming-mitigation option

Fearnside, Philip - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 2 (1997) 2, pp. 285-302

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Quand le développement prime sur l'environnement : la déforestation en Amazonie brésilienne

Demaze, Moïse Tsayem - In: Mondes en développement n° 143 (2008) 3, pp. 97-116

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia rises mainly from planning and development policies. These policies created great … this context, development opposes environment. This paper reports on this deforestation and its evolution in Brazilian … Amazonia. It shows that development and planning policy which have generated this deforestation during recent decades have been …

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Quels enjeux pour la durabilité et la gouvernance des ressources naturelles et forestières à Madagascar ?

Andriananja, Heriniaina; Raharinirina, Vahinala - In: Mondes en développement 127 (2004) 3, pp. 75-89

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the passage of natural resources centralized management to their self-governance in Madagascar. It also examines the associated issues to the coordination of several stakeholders and institutions in the framework of a comparative analysis between the...

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Economic Assessment of Mitigation Options for Enhancing and Maintaining Carbon Sink Capacity in Indonesia

Boer, Rizaldi - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 6 (2001) 3, pp. 257-290

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The Potential of Brazil's Forest Sector for Mitigating Global Warming under the Kyoto Protocol

Fearnside, Philip - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 6 (2001) 3, pp. 355-372

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Land Use, Land-Use Change, Forestry, and Agricultural Activities in the Clean Development Mechanism: Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Offset Potential

Bloomfield, Janine; Pearson, Holly - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 5 (2000) 1, pp. 9-24

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Application of the ‘Climafor’ Approach to Estimate Baseline Carbon Emissions of a Forest Conservation Project in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico

Jong, B.; Hellier, A.; Castillo-Santiago, M.; Tipper, R. - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 10 (2005) 2, pp. 265-278

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Accounting for time in Mitigating Global Warming through land-use change and forestry

Fearnside, Philip; Lashof, Daniel; Moura-Costa, Pedro - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 5 (2000) 3, pp. 239-270

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