The roles and movements of actors in the deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a National Institute for Research in the Amazon INPA

Author keywords

Deforestation; Migration; Population; Rainforest; Ranching

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLEARCUTTING; DEFORESTATION; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LANDHOLDING; MACROECONOMICS; POLICY APPROACH; POPULATION MIGRATION; RAINFOREST; RANCHING;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 50249143479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02451-130123     Document Type: Article

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