What drives deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from satellite and socioeconomic data
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The land use model was used to examine why Brazil's rainforests are being cut down and whether the rate of deforestation is affected by public policies. A number of determinants of deforestation suggested by the land use model were tested using data for 1978 to 1988. The findings reveal the significance of several factors, including land characterstics such as vegetation density and soil quality, and transport cost factors such as distance to primary markets and county roads.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0095-0696
Year: 1999
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Non-renewable resources and growth with vertical innovations: optimum, equilibrium and economic policies
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The optimum and the equilibrium paths, and the derivation of the precise levels of economic policy instruments that allow the implementation of the optimum are characterized. The effects of these policies on the relevant steady-state variables are studied.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0095-0696
Year: 2003
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Land reform policies, the sources of violent conflict, and implications for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
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Links between land reform and violence in the Brazilian Amazon are examined, with implications for deforestation. Incentives appear to have been created for deforestation.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0095-0696
Year: 2000
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