Globalization of the Amazon soy and beef industries: Opportunities for conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1595-1603

  Nepstad, Daniel C ^a,b,c   Stickler, Claudia M ^b,d   Almeida, Oriana T ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef markets; Conservation policy; Deforestation; Green certification; Hoof and mouth disease; Soy; Tropical conservation

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; FOOD MARKET; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GLOBALIZATION; LEGISLATION; MARKET SYSTEM; MEAT; SOYBEAN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BRAZIL; CATTLE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOYBEAN; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEAT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOYBEANS; TREES;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33845487547     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00510.x     Document Type: Review

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