Sustainable development and challenging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: the good, the bad and the ugly

1 de janeiro de 2008

jan 1, 2008

Claudia Azevedo-Ramos

Agricultural expansion, opening of new roads and migration of people to unexploited areas are all major causes of Amazon deforestation; thus many sectors share the responsibility for reversing it. Adapted from a paper presented at the symposium “Our Common Ground: Innovations in Land Use Decision-Making”, 8–9 May 2007, Vancouver, Canada.

AZEVEDO-RAMOS, CLÁUDIA. Sustainable development and challenging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: the good, the bad and the ugly. Unasylva 230. Vol 59. 2008.

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