Sustainable development and challenging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: The good, the bad and the ugly

Unasylva

Volumn 59, Issue 230, 2008, Pages 12-16

  Azevedo Ramos, Claudia ^a  

^a Ministry of Environment   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOITATION; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FUTURE PROSPECT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE CHANGE; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69949170159     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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