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Deforestation Trajectories on a Development Frontier in the Brazilian Amazon: 35 Years of Settlement Colonization, Policy and Economic Shifts, and Land Accumulation
We examine deforestation processes in Apuí, a deforestation hotspot in Brazil’s state of Amazonas and present processes of land-use change on this Amazonian development frontier. Settlement projects attract agents whose clearing reflects land accumulation and the economic importance of deforestation...
Autores principales: | Carrero, Gabriel Cardoso, Fearnside, Philip Martin, do Valle, Denis Ribeiro, de Souza Alves, Cristiano |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7493702/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32936327 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01354-w |
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