Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon

Ecology and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Garrett, Rachael D ^a   Gardner, Toby A ^b   Fonseca Morello, Thiago ^c   Marchand, Sebastien ^d   Barlow, Jos ^e   Ezzine de Blas, Driss ^f   Ferreira, Joice ^g   Lees, Alexander C ^h,i   Parry, Luke ^e,j  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^d IRD   (France)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CIRAD   (France)

^g EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^h MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Cattle; Land use transitions; Rural development; Social capital; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVELIHOOD; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PROFITABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

BOS;

EID: 85030847432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-09364-220327     Document Type: Article

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