Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia: History, Rates, and Consequences

By Philip Martin Fearnside. 2005

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Enhancing the sustainability of commodity supply chains in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes (2013, background): “For example, rapid deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia between 1960 and 1980 was in part attributable to federal programs that used tax incentives, credit access and subsidies to encourage investment in large-scale farming and cattle-ranching (Fearnside, 2005).”
Brazil's neglected biome: The South Brazilian Campos (2007, background): “Up to now, land use changes in southern Brazil have been poorly documented compared to other regions of Brazil (e.g. Cerrado; Klink and Moreira, 2002; or Amazonia; Fearnside, 2005), and the socio-economic causes and consequences of these changes have scarcely been investigated (see Naumov, 2005, for”
Is Oil Palm the Next Emerging Threat to the Amazon? (2009, background): “Expansion of oil palm plantations into remote areas would be facilitated by a proliferation of Amazonian highways and other infrastructure that is greatly increasing access to new forest frontiers [13; 14].”
Interaction effects between economic development and forest cover determine deforestation rates (2006, background): “As a consequence, weak governments are more likely to permit ongoing forest conversion as an alternative to dealing with difficult problems of land reform (Meyer et al., 2003; Cullen et al., 2005; Fearnside, 2005).”
Rapid avifaunal collapse along the Amazonian deforestation frontier (2006, background): “By 2003, the total area of forest cleared had reached 64 Mha, with annual deforestation rates in 2002 and 2003 climbing to nearly 2.4 Mha per year (Laurance et al., 2004; Fearnside, 2005).”
Biological invasions in developing and developed countries: does one model fit all? (2010, background): “In general, developing countries have not suffered as much loss of natural areas as developed countries, and many developing countries, like Brazil, still have pristine areas with enormous biodiversity despite current trends of rainforest destruction (Fearnside 2005).”
The new rurality: Globalization, peasants and the paradoxes of landscapes (2010, background): “How does globalization affect forest trend? The answer is an important one since many people involved in environmental issues have worried that global integration would prove devastating to tropical forests, and indeed in many places it has (CURRAN et al., 2004; HECHT, 2005; FEARNSIDE, 2005; AGGARWA”
Livestock, livelihoods and the environment: understanding the trade-offs (2009, background): “According to several authors [18,19 ,20,21] extensive cattle enterprises have been responsible for 65–80% of the deforestation of the Amazon (rate of forest loss of 18– 24 million ha/yr).”
Conservation of Brazilian Amphibians (2005, background): “Approximately 88% of the Amazonian forests remain (WWF-Brasil 2004), although annual deforestation is as high as 20,000 km2, and enormous areas are becoming increasingly vulnerable to wildfires (Fearnside 2005).”
Conceptualizing the International For-Profit Social Entrepreneur (2011, background): “The causes of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest are commonly associated with cattle ranching, logging, subsistence as well as commercial agriculture and speculation (Fearnside, 2005).”