Government policies and deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region
Technical Report
·
OSTI ID:6105230
Contents include: Brazil's Amazonian Forests (biological diversity, the magnitude and rate of deforestation, proximate causes of deforestation); and the evolution of regional policies (operation Amazonia, the Belem-Brasilia Highway, incentives for livestock development, the National Integration Program, the Cuiaba-Porto Velho Highway and Polonoroeste, the era of big projects).
- Research Organization:
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6105230
- Report Number(s):
- PB-89-162861/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
290400* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources
AGRICULTURE
AMAZON RIVER
BRAZIL
CONSTRUCTION
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
FARMS
FORESTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRY
LATIN AMERICA
MINING
OPERATION
PLANNING
RIVERS
ROADS
SOUTH AMERICA
SPECIES DIVERSITY
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
290400* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources
AGRICULTURE
AMAZON RIVER
BRAZIL
CONSTRUCTION
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
FARMS
FORESTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRY
LATIN AMERICA
MINING
OPERATION
PLANNING
RIVERS
ROADS
SOUTH AMERICA
SPECIES DIVERSITY
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS