Property rights and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2461-2468

  Araujo, Claudio ^a   Bonjean, Catherine Araujo ^a   Combes, Jean Louis ^a   Combes Motel, Pascale ^a   Reis, Eustaquio J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Legal Amazon; Deforestation; Insecure property rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEFORESTATION; LANDOWNER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349186940     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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