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Current status of water pollution control in Brazil

Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da; Filho, Guilhermino Oliveira; … - 2015

This paper attempts to discern the effectivess of abatement policy and the status of current water quality in Brazil …

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Analyzing the environmental performance of the Brazilian industrial sector

Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da - 2015

This study will analyze the determinants of environmental performance in the Brazilian industrial sector. It uses a database conducted by the Brazilian National Confederation of Industries inquiring about questions on environmental management over 325 medium and large firms referred to the year...

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Efficiency and regulation in the sanitation sector in Brazil

Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da; Moreira, Ajax - 2015

Regulation in the sanitation sector in Brazil is facing a great deal of debate regarding the government level in which … current structure of the sanitation sector in Brazil. In doing so, we are able to analyze how jurisdiction of operators as …

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The economics of biodiversity in Brazil : the case of forest conversion

Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da - 2015

This paper focuses on the role of economic factors inducing deforestation in Brazil and thereby threatening … biodiversity, giving particular attention to the exploitation pattern of forest resources in Brazil. Some economic factors cannot …

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Estimating timber depreciation in the Brazilian Amazon

Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da; Ferraz, Claudio - 2015

This study applies distinct methodological forest accounting approaches, following Vincent and Hartwick (1997) lines, to estimate economic depreciation of timber exploitation in the Brazilian Amazon region. Although our results may be not definitive ones due to data availability problems, this...

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Automobile pollution control in Brazil

Ferraz, Claudio; Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da - 2015

Air pollution concentrations have been rapidly increasing in the major urban areas of Brazil caused mainly by the … control policies in Brazil have relied basically on mandatory emission standards and subsidies for specific cleaner technology …

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Loss in forest resource values due to agricultural land conversion in Brazil

Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da; May, Peter Herman - 2015

period 1970-80 in Brazil. In this initial version, only loss in potential sustainable wood output is considered. However, the …

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