Rivero, Sérgio; Almeida, Oriana; Ávila, Saulo; … - In: Nova Economia 19 (2009) 1, pp. 41-66
Cattle Ranching is the main causes of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region. This paper analyses the proximate … causes of deforestation using linear regressions with panel data. The model evaluates the contribution of the main land uses … for deforestation from 2000 to 2006. Deforestation data from INPE-PRODES, number of heads of cattle, and area of temporary …
