TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a quantitative framework for sustainable resource-use planning in the Brazilian Amazon
AU - De Almeida, Oriana Trindade
AU - Uhl, Christopher
N1 - Funding Information:
* This study was made possible through financial support from the Ford Foundation. We wish to thank Joshua Bishop and Carlos Young for help with the economic analysis; Paulo Barreto, Marli Mattos, Angelica Toniolo, and Adalberto Verissimo for providing raw data and clarification on many points; Eugenio Arima, Robert Buschbacher, Ted Gullison, David McGrath, Roger Moeller, Daniel Nepstad, Campbell Plowden, Harrison Pollak, Eustaquio Reis, Johan Zweede, Ricardo Tarifa, Mariella Uzeda, and Robert Walker for reading earlier versions of this paper and providing many helpful suggestions; Job Flor and Lucia Porpina from SECTAM, and Conceicao Silva e Renato Coral from SAGRI for special help with data acquisition; and finally, we thank all the people in the public and private agencies in Beltm (SEPLAN, EMBRAPA, SEFA, SETRAN, DER, BASA, SAGRI) and Paragominas (BASA, EMATER, SINDICATO, and PREFBITURA) for their time and understanding. Final revision accepted: April 25, 1995.
PY - 1995/10
Y1 - 1995/10
N2 - Extensive-style logging, ranching, and slash-and-burn agriculture are the principal activities associated with the haphazard settlement of the Eastern Amazon. We analyze these settlement activities using economic, social, and ecological criteria and then compare them to more intensive approaches to farming, ranching, and forestry. Throughout we consider the costs and benefits of different land-use options, both from the perspective of individual property holders and the common good. We conclude by considering the economic and legislative tools available to local governments wishing to promote sound resource uses in the Brazilian Amazon.
AB - Extensive-style logging, ranching, and slash-and-burn agriculture are the principal activities associated with the haphazard settlement of the Eastern Amazon. We analyze these settlement activities using economic, social, and ecological criteria and then compare them to more intensive approaches to farming, ranching, and forestry. Throughout we consider the costs and benefits of different land-use options, both from the perspective of individual property holders and the common good. We conclude by considering the economic and legislative tools available to local governments wishing to promote sound resource uses in the Brazilian Amazon.
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U2 - 10.1016/0305-750X(95)00078-Q
DO - 10.1016/0305-750X(95)00078-Q
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029485665
SN - 0305-750X
VL - 23
SP - 1745
EP - 1764
JO - World Development
JF - World Development
IS - 10
ER -
