Land-use policies and corporate investments in agriculture in the Gran Chaco and Chiquitano

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 4021-4026

  Le Polain De Waroux, Yann ^a   Garrett, Rachael D ^b   Heilmayr, Robert ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle; Land use change; Leakage; Pollution haven; Soy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROPLAND; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LAND USE; MOZAMBIQUE; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; ANIMAL; BOLIVIA; BOVINE; BRAZIL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RAIN FOREST;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INVESTMENTS; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS; RAINFOREST;

EID: 84963596889     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1602646113     Document Type: Article

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