Election-driven weakening of deforestation control in the Brazilian Amazon

Land Use Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 111-118

  Rodrigues Filho, Saulo ^a   Verburg, René ^b   Bursztyn, Marcel ^a   Lindoso, Diego ^a   Debortoli, Nathan ^a   Vilhena, Andréa M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amazon; Deforestation; Election effect; Political driver; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ELECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABILITY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84911943354     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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