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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okr-10986-140892021-04-23T14:03:11Z Sustainable Amazon : Limitations and Opportunities for Rural Development Schneider, Robert R. Arima, Eugenio Verissimo, Adalberto Souza, Carlos, Jr. Barreto, Paulo 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 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, it compares the economic future of an Amazonian community, under the traditional "predatory logging followed by ranching" model, and under sustainable logging. Last, the authors investigate the potential to create a system of national forests. The authors make four conclusions: 1) they demonstrate that increasing levels of rainfall, seriously undermine agricultural productivity, and sustainability. At the highest extreme, in the 45 percent of the Amazon with annual rainfall of over 2,200 mm, only forestry, and possibly some palm crops, are likely to be economically viable; 2) the authors assert that in this area of the Amazon, and much of the transition area (rainfall between 1,800 mm and 2,200 mm), sustainable forestry would provide more stable communities, and a higher standard of living than agriculture; 3) the authors conclude that regulatory competition, and a short local political time horizon, prevent sustainable forestry from being adapted, despite its better long-run performance; and, 4) some 10 percent of the Amazon could be put into national forests, in a way that would both meet current demand for Brazilian Amazonian timber, and reinforce the Amazon park system, which is expected to fully conserve 10 percent of the Brazilian Amazon. 2013-06-20T19:46:51Z 2013-06-20T19:46:51Z 2002 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1808701/sustainable-amazon-limitations-opportunities-rural-development 0-8213-5031-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14089 English en_US World Bank Technical Paper;No. 515 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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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 |
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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 Schneider, Robert R. Arima, Eugenio Verissimo, Adalberto Souza, Carlos, Jr. Barreto, Paulo Sustainable Amazon : Limitations and Opportunities for Rural Development |
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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, it compares the economic
future of an Amazonian community, under the traditional
"predatory logging followed by ranching" model,
and under sustainable logging. Last, the authors investigate
the potential to create a system of national forests. The
authors make four conclusions: 1) they demonstrate that
increasing levels of rainfall, seriously undermine
agricultural productivity, and sustainability. At the
highest extreme, in the 45 percent of the Amazon with annual
rainfall of over 2,200 mm, only forestry, and possibly some
palm crops, are likely to be economically viable; 2) the
authors assert that in this area of the Amazon, and much of
the transition area (rainfall between 1,800 mm and 2,200
mm), sustainable forestry would provide more stable
communities, and a higher standard of living than
agriculture; 3) the authors conclude that regulatory
competition, and a short local political time horizon,
prevent sustainable forestry from being adapted, despite its
better long-run performance; and, 4) some 10 percent of the
Amazon could be put into national forests, in a way that
would both meet current demand for Brazilian Amazonian
timber, and reinforce the Amazon park system, which is
expected to fully conserve 10 percent of the Brazilian Amazon. |
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Schneider, Robert R. Arima, Eugenio Verissimo, Adalberto Souza, Carlos, Jr. Barreto, Paulo |
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Schneider, Robert R. Arima, Eugenio Verissimo, Adalberto Souza, Carlos, Jr. Barreto, Paulo |
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Schneider, Robert R. |
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Sustainable Amazon : Limitations and Opportunities for Rural Development |
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Sustainable Amazon : Limitations and Opportunities for Rural Development |
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Sustainable Amazon : Limitations and Opportunities for Rural Development |
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Sustainable Amazon : Limitations and Opportunities for Rural Development |
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Sustainable Amazon : Limitations and Opportunities for Rural Development |
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sustainable amazon : limitations and opportunities for rural development |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2013 |
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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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