Sustainable Amazon : limitations and opportunities for rural development

The report contributes to the debate surrounding land use in the Brazilian Amazon. It sets the context by reviewing the evidence concerning the deleterious effect of increasing levels of rainfall on agricultural settlement, and productivity. Next, it compares the economic future of an Amazonian comm...

• Main Author: Schneider, Robert R
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Arima, Eugenio, Veríssimo, Adalberto
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2002
• Series: World Bank technical paper. Environment series no. 515
• Subjects: ORDENACION FORESTAL; DESARROLLO RURAL; DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE; BRASIL; MANEJO FORESTAL; DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE; ECODESARROLLO

Table of Contents:

• Abstract
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• 1. Effect of rainfall on the performance of agriculture and ranching in the Amazon
• 2. "Boom-and-bust" or economic sustainability : the community's dilemma
• 3. Role of government
• 4. Role of National Forests
• 5. Crucial issues for the Amazon's future
• Conclusion
• Appendixes
• Notes
• References
• Boxes
• Figures
• Tables.