InfoPAS – Número 2 – Ano 1 – Informativo do Projeto Assentamentos Sustentáveis na Amazônia (PAS). Brasília. 2013.
Land-use in Amazonia and the Cerrado of Brazil
The total area and annual rate of native vegetation clearing is greatest in the Cerrado region followed by the Brazilian states of Pará, Mato Grosso, Maranhào and Rondônia. Amazonian forest clearing proceeds most quickly where abundant natural resources...