Export-oriented deforestation in Mato Grosso: Harbinger or exception for other tropical forests?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1619, 2013, Pages

  DeFries, Ruth ^a   Herold, Martin ^b   Verchot, Louis ^c   Macedo, Marcia N ^d,e   Shimabukuro, Yosio ^f  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Drivers; Land use transition; Mato Grosso; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; CATTLE; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPORT; FOREST COVER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; MEAT; SOYBEAN; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TROPICAL FOREST; URBANIZATION;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TROPIC CLIMATE; BOVINAE; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84891434851     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0173     Document Type: Article

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