Search Results - subject:"Amazon deforestation"

Prospective analysis of deforestation determinants in the Amazonian landscapes

Chavarría Rodríguez, Erika Mayerly; Redondo, Johan Manuel - In: World development sustainability 3 (2023), pp. 1-10

rate environmental problems both locally and globally. By analyzing the causal relationships of the determinants of Amazon … deforestation in the different scenarios, the proposed hypothesis is that with the large-scale increase of productive activities on …

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SUGAR CANE EXPANSION: DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO AMAZON DEFORESTATION?

Castro, Eduardo Rodrigues de; Teixeira, Erly Cardoso; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

estimates reveal that it is not possible to establish a direct connection between sugarcane area expansion and Amazon … deforestation, and while the indirect effects are very small, sugarcane also expanded over pastures and perennial crops, leading to …

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Wage differentials between the formal and the informal sector in urban Bolivia

Mønsted, Trine - 2000

This paper analyses wage differentials between the formal and informal sectors in urban Bolivia using household survey data. As in other studies the wage differential between the formal and the informal sector is found to be quite large. The wage gap is estimated by a human capital model...

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Carbon emissions from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Andersen, Lykke E.; Reis, Eustáquio J. - 2000

This paper provides an estimate of the amount of carbon emissions that resulted from large scale deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon during the aggressive development period 1970 - 1985. The estimate is derived by combining a dynamic carbon model with a municipality level data set describing...

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