Effects of Governance on Availability of Land for Agriculture and Conservation in Brazil

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 10285-10293

  Sparovek, Gerd ^a,d   Barretto, Alberto Giaroli De Oliveira Pereira ^b   Matsumoto, Marcelo ^c   Berndes, Göran ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; COMMAND AND CONTROL; LAND USE ALLOCATION; LAND USE REGULATIONS; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; NATURAL VEGETATION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; NATIONAL PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY STRATEGY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOME; BRAZIL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CROP PRODUCTION; CROPLAND; CROPPING SYSTEM; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LAND USE; PASTURELAND; POLLUTION; RURAL AREA; SOIL EROSION; STANDARDIZATION; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; GEOGRAPHY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SOCIAL CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 84940843545     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01300     Document Type: Article

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