Property-level assessment of change in forest clearing patterns: The need for tailoring policy in the Amazon

Land Use Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-27

  Assunção, Juliano ^a,b   Gandour, Clarissa ^a,b   Pessoa, Pedro ^b   Rocha, Romero ^c  

^a Climate Policy Initiative CPI Núcleo de Avaliação de Políticas Climáticas da PUC Rio NAPC PUC Rio   (Brazil)

^b PUC Rio   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Conservation policy; Deforestation; Monitoring and law enforcement; Property size

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SMALLHOLDER;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

EID: 85018281882     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.04.022     Document Type: Article

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