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Geographic Patterns of Land Use and Land Intensity in the Brazilian Amazon

Using census data from the Censo Agropecuario 1995-96, the authors map indicators of current land use, and agricultural productivity across Brazil's Legal Amazon, These data permit geographical resolution about ten times finer than afforded by...

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Main Authors: Chomitz, Kenneth M., Thomas, Timothy S.
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
AGRICULTURE
AGROFORESTRY
CLIMATE
COMMODITIES
CONSERVATION
CROPS
CULTIVATION
DAIRY FARMERS
DEFORESTATION
DEGRADED LAND
DRY SEASON
ECONOMIC VALUE
EMPLOYMENT
EXPLOITATION
FARMERS
FARMS
FOREST
FOREST AREAS
FOREST CONVERSION
FOREST COVER
FOREST MANAGEMENT
GRASSLANDS
LAND COVER
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND QUALITY
LAND USE
LAND USES
LAND VALUE
LOGGING
NITROGEN
OVERGRAZING
PARKS
PHOSPHORUS
PLANTATION
PRECIPITATION
PRECIPITATION DATA
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PRODUCTIVITY
RAINFALL
REGENERATION
REMOTE SENSING
RIVERS
SILVICULTURE
SOIL
SOIL RESOURCES
SOILS
SPATIAL PATTERNS
STUDY AREA
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
TEMPERATURE
TIMBER
UPLAND AREAS
VEGETATION LAND USE
GEOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION
AMAZON RIVER REGION
CENSUSES
GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
PASTURE & FORAGE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
PRIVATE VALUE
ECONOMIC VALUATION
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY
FARMLAND VALUATION
FOREST DEGRADATION
RAINFALL MEASUREMENT
SOIL MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/10/1614880/geographic-patterns-land-use-land-intensity-brazilian-amazon
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19506

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/10/1614880/geographic-patterns-land-use-land-intensity-brazilian-amazon
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19506

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