Globalization of the Amazon Soy and Beef Industries: Opportunities for Conservation

Amazon beef and soybean industries, the primary drivers of Amazon deforestation, are increasingly responsive to economic signals emanating from around the world, such as those associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, "mad cow disease") outbreaks and China's economic grow...

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Published in:	Conservation biology Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 1595 - 1603
Main Authors:	NEPSTAD, DANIEL C., STICKLER, CLAUDIA M., ALMEIDA, ORIANA T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.12.2006 Blackwell Science Blackwell
Subjects:	aftosa Agriculture - economics Agriculture - methods Animal Husbandry - economics Animal Husbandry - methods Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Applied ecology Beef Beef cattle beef markets Biological and medical sciences Brazil Cattle Cattle industry certificación verde conservación tropical Conservation of Natural Resources conservation policy Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife deforestación Deforestation Environmental conservation Environmental legislation Essays Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Glycine max green certification hoof-and-mouth disease Humans International Cooperation Livestock farms Meat merado de soya mercado de ganado Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking políticas de conservación Population Dynamics Population Growth Socioeconomic Factors soy Soybeans Sustainable agriculture Trees tropical conservation Zoning Brazil Deforestation Industry conservation policy Disease tropical conservation green certification Conservation hoof-and-mouth disease soy beef markets Environmental protection
ISSN:	0888-8892, 1523-1739
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