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prior development - both prior roads and prior deforestation - and in a spatial pattern suggesting a synergy between forests …, medium and low prior roads and deforestation. Census-tract observations are numerous for each setting and reveal a pattern …
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prior development - both prior roads and prior deforestation - and in a spatial pattern suggesting a synergy between forests …, medium and low prior roads and deforestation. Census-tract observations are numerous for each setting and reveal a pattern …
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-made deforestation. On the other hand, the Amazon forest itself is a major carbon store area, and carbon dioxide release from … deforestation or forest degradation may strongly contribute to overall future carbon concentrations in the atmosphere, thus …), examines the evidence about past and current deforestation trends and about impacts upon the Amazon of expected climate changes …
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deforestation and the impact of climate change would rapidly and dramatically reduce the extent of the forest area and its density … short time due to global warming and deforestation combined. This 'die-back' in turn would itself contribute to an … regional climate, examines the evidence about deforestation trends and about the expected impact of climate change over the …
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The extent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon grew significantly in the last 20 years. Approximately 400 … of deforestation, though the contribution of logging increased significantly in the nineties. This paper uses panel data …
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The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates … others have fought fiercely to stop deforestation in the region. It documents how the history of frontier expansion and …
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Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether “win-win”...
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This paper develops a theoretical as well as an empirical model of deforestation and economic development in a tropical … paper concludes that subsidized credit, while certainly causing deforestation, is so beneficial for economic growth that the …
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Historically, development in Brazilian Amazon was promoted by permits of deforestation and little territory control or …, Brazilian's government has tighten deforestation control. Since 2004, political, institutional and market mechanisms have been … models in literature indicate for a spatial process of deforestation, all aspects of the spatial dynamic of deforestation has …
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