Geographic patterns of land use and intensity in the Brazilian Amazon
By: Kenneth M. Chomitz and Timothy S. Thomas.
Contributors: Thomas, Timothy S.; World Bank. Develoment Research Group. Environment and Infrastructure.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2687; Policy research papers ;; 2687.
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group, Infrastructure and Environment
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Land use -- Brazil -- Amazon River Estuary.; Landscape assessment -- Brazil -- Amazon River Estuary.; Deforestation -- Brazil -- Amazon River Estuary.; Sustainable agriculture -- Brazil -- Amazon River Estuary.; Agricultural productivity -- Brazil -- Amazon River Estuary.
Description: Nearly 90 percent of agricultural land in the Brazilian Amazon is used for pasture, or has been cleared and left unused. Pasture on average is used with very low productivity. Analysis based on census tract data shows that agricultural conversion of forested areas in the wetter western Amazon would be even less productive, using current technologies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-18).
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