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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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