Property rights, land conflicts and deforestation in the Eastern Amazon

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 303-315

  Puppim de Oliveira, Jose Antonio ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agrarian conflicts; Amazon; Brazil; Deforestation; Maranhao; Property rights

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CONFLICTS; EASTERN AMAZON; LAND CONFLICTS; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAND USE; LAW ENFORCEMENT;

DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PROPERTIES;

EID: 41449084604     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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