A Comparison of the Driving Forces behind Deforestation in the Peruvian and the Brazilian Amazon

On two Brazilian sites (Acre and Rondonia), and on two Peruvian sites (Yurimaguas and Pucallpa), deforestation rates and patterns are very different. To illustrate these differences, two major factors contributing to deforestation are selected: how accessible the frontier is for people including acc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ambio 1999-09, Vol.28 (6), p.509-513
1. Verfasser:	Imbernon, Jacques
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural land Brazil Crops Deforestation Forest soils Forests International economics Land clearing Land use Peru Soil fertility Tropical forests
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