Upland agricultural and forestry development in the Amazon: Sustainability, criticality and resilience

Ecological Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-13

  Serrão, Emmanuel Adilson S ^a   Nepstad, Daniel ^b   Walker, Robert ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Amazon basin; Criticality; Forestry development; Land use; Resilience; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

LATIN AMERICA, AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 0030176972     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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