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Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

author(s) Cattaneo, Andrea
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • South America
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • World
citation

Cattaneo, Andrea, 'Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., 2002

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Abstract

This report identifies the links among economic growth, poverty alleviation, and natural resource degradation in Brazil. It examines the effects of (1) a major devaluation of the Brazilian real (R$); (2) improvements of infrastructure in the Amazon to link it with the rest of Brazil and bordering countries; (3) modification of land tenure regimes in the Amazon agricultural frontier; (4) adoption of technological change in agriculture both inside and outside the Amazon; and (5) fiscal mechanisms to reduce deforestation." -- from Author's Abstract

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