Cattle, deforestation, and development in the Amazon : an economic, agronomic, and environmental perspective / Merle D. Faminow.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CAB International, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998. Description: x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 0851992307 (alk. paper)
- 333.7409811 21 F.M.C
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Summary: This book brings together and assesses the economic, agronomic and environmental evidence for the benefits and costs of cattle ranching in the Amazon region. The ecology of the Amazon rain forest is described, along with methods of economic valuation of forests, agricultural systems in the Amazon, the history and underlying causes of its colonisation and the effects on land use, and the extent of deforestation. This leads on to a more detailed description of the cattle ranching systems employed in the Amazon, their economics and effects on the forest. In conclusion, the potential for sustainable cattle production in the Amazon is discussed.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and index.
Cattle and development of the Amazon --
Ecology of the Amazon --
Agricultural land-uses in the Amazon --
Economic valuation of forests --
Extent of deforestation --
Cattle as a cause of deforestation --
Cattle ranching systems in the Amazon --
Economics of cattle ranching in the Amazon --
Sustainable cattle production in the Amazon.
This book brings together and assesses the economic, agronomic and environmental evidence for the benefits and costs of cattle ranching in the Amazon region. The ecology of the Amazon rain forest is described, along with methods of economic valuation of forests, agricultural systems in the Amazon, the history and underlying causes of its colonisation and the effects on land use, and the extent of deforestation. This leads on to a more detailed description of the cattle ranching systems employed in the Amazon, their economics and effects on the forest. In conclusion, the potential for sustainable cattle production in the Amazon is discussed.
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