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Sustainable Amazon : Limitations and Opportunities for Rural Development

The report contributes to the debate surrounding land use in the Brazilian Amazon. It sets the context by reviewing the evidence concerning the deleterious effect of increasing levels of rainfall on agricultural settlement, and productivity. Next,...

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Main Authors: Schneider, Robert R., Arima, Eugenio, Verissimo, Adalberto, Souza, Carlos, Jr., Barreto, Paulo
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
AGRICULTURE
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CARBON
CARBON EMISSIONS
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
CLIMATE
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
CONCESSION
CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
CROPS
CULTIVATION
DEFORESTATION
DEGRADATION
DISCOUNT RATES
DRY SEASON
ECOLOGY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
ECOSYSTEM
EMISSIONS
EMPLOYMENT
EROSION
EXCHANGE RATE
FARMERS
FARMING
FOREST
FOREST CONSERVATION
FOREST DAMAGE
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FOREST POLICY
FOREST RESOURCES
FOREST STEWARDSHIP
FORESTRY RESEARCH
FORESTRY SECTOR
FRUIT
GDP
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROUNDWATER
HUMID ZONE
HUMIDITY
INCOME
IRRIGATION
KNOWLEDGE OF FORESTRY
LAND USE
LAND-USE
LOGGING
NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
NATIONAL FORESTS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NITROGEN
PARKS
PASTURES
PATHOGENS
PHOSPHORUS
PLANTING
PRECIPITATION
PRESENT VALUE
PRODUCTIVITY
RAIN FORESTS
RAINFALL
SATURATED SOILS
SAVANNAS
SEA
SOCIAL COSTS
SOIL
STATE FOREST
STATE FORESTS
STUDY AREA
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
SUSTAINABLE USE
TAXATION
TEMPERATURE
TIMBER
TIMBER HARVESTING
TIMBER SPECIES
TOPOGRAPHY
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TREES
VEGETATION
WATER PRICING
WILDLIFE
WOOD
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1808701/sustainable-amazon-limitations-opportunities-rural-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14089

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1808701/sustainable-amazon-limitations-opportunities-rural-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14089

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