Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon

By S. Margulis. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science

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Agrarian Reform in the Brazilian Amazon: Its Implications for Land Distribution and Deforestation (2009, background): “Furthermore, the easiest way to justify land ownership is by converting the forest to agriculture uses, mainly pasture that is less costly than by establishing cash crops (Hecht, 1993; Margulis, 2004).”
Persistence of cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon: A spatial analysis of the rationale for beef production (2012, background): “…land clearing and tenure stablishment, infrastructure improvements, and reductions in ransportation costs, along with the rising trend in land prices due o increasing demand for agricultural commodities (Mertens et al., 002; Margulis, 2004; Barreto et al., 2005; Steiger, 2006; Cattaneo, 008).”
Statistical confirmation of indirect land use change in the Brazilian Amazon (2011, background): “Nevertheless, deforestation continues here, with the expansion of pastures for cattle ranching accounting for the lion’s share of forest loss (Naylor et al 2005, Margulis 2004, Walker et al 2009a).”
Exchange Rates, Soybean Supply Response, and Deforestation in South America (2012, background): “We recognize that in the Brazilian Amazon, ground zero for tropical deforestation during the past decade, cattle production continues to be the principal driver of forest loss (Margulis, 2004; Faminow, 1998).”
Interactions among Amazon land use, forests and climate: prospects for a near-term forest tipping point (2008, background): “Since most of the Amazon carbon emissions are caused by forest conversion to cattle ranching with low profitability (Arima & Uhl 1997; Kaimowitz et al. 2004; Margulis 2003), such a mechanism could restrict the expansion of this land use to the remaining forest regions of the Amazon, thus reducing th”
Theorizing Land Cover and Land Use Change: The Peasant Economy of Amazonian Deforestation (2007, background): “In particular, we account for the asset value of land, which accumulates as the frontier matures, thereby providing strong incentives for claiming land (Margulis 2003; Arima, Barreto, and Brito 2005).”