Pecuária e desmatamento: uma análise das principais causas diretas do desmatamento na Amazônia

Cattle Ranching is the main causes of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region. This paper analyses the proximate causes of deforestation using linear regressions with panel data. The model evaluates the contribution of the main land uses for deforestation from 2000 to 2006. Deforestation data f...

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Main Authors: Wesley Oliveira, Saulo Ávila, Oriana Almeida, Sérgio Rivero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2009-04-01
Series:Nova Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-63512009000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt