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Geographic patterns of land use and intensity in the Brazilian Amazon / Kenneth M. Chomitz, Timothy S. Thomas.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chomitz, Kenneth M., author.
- Thomas, Timothy S., author.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers ; Volume 2687.
- Policy research working papers ; Volume 2687
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land use--Brazil.
- Land use.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (29 pages).
- Other Title:
- Policy research working paper vol. 2687
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : World Bank, 2001.
- Summary:
- 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:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-18).
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1596/1813-9450-2687
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