Concerns about impacts of biomass growth for biofuel production emphasize the importance
of planning energy crops expansion considering land, water, food and biodiversity. Brazil is …

Abstract The Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado biomes have been subject to strong pressure
from agricultural expansion over the past two decades. A common claim is that the …

Extensive livestock production is a major deforestation driver in the Brazilian Amazon. This
study presents an assessment of the economic and environmental feasibility of sustainable …

The preservation of Amazonian natural forests is of utmost national and international
interest. The exploration of market opportunities for the commercialization of forest goods …

O Acordo de Paris representa uma reorientação do regime das mudanças climáticas,
deixando claro que todos os países têm um papel a desempenhar na redução de emissões …

Este artigo trata de questões relacionadas com o uso da terra na Amazônia e os efeitos da
produção agropecuária sobre o desmatamento no Pará. A atividade agropecuária pode …

More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected
phenomenon. Theories of hollow frontier, speculative behaviour and boom-bust all share …

Since the first colonists were settled along the Transamazon highway in Eastern Brazilian
Amazon, in the early 1970s, it has been hotly debated how to guarantee their livelihoods …

Among the options for sustainable exploitation of forests, extraction of a range of non-timber
forest products presents low environmental impact. This paper develops a Social Account …

A categoria de produtor familiar inclui muitos subgrupos sociais diferentes, tais como
colonos vivendo em assentamentos de reforma agrária governamentais, famílias vivendo …