Alternatives to slash-and-burn in Brazil: Summary report and synthesis of phase II

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dc.contributorCarpentier, C. L.en
dc.contributorCarvalho dos Santos, J.en
dc.contributorMunoz Braz, E.en
dc.contributorFerreira Valentim, J.en
dc.contributorde Magalhaes de Oliveira, S. J.en
dc.contributorPalm, C.en
dc.contributorde Souza Moreira, F.en
dc.contributorCattaneo, A.en
dc.contributorGillison, A.en
dc.contributorMansur Mendes, A.en
dc.contributorRodrigues, V.en
dc.contributorde Araujo Gomes, T. C.en
dc.contributorNeves d'Oliveira, M.V.en
dc.contributordo Amaral, E.en
dc.contributorFujisaka, S.en
dc.contributorCastilla, C.en
dc.contributorBignell, D.en
dc.contributorGoncalves Cordeiro, D.en
dc.contributorHermes Vieira, A.en
dc.contributorCorreira de Costa, R. S.en
dc.contributorFaminow, M.en
dc.contributorLocatelli, M.en
dc.contributorSwift, M.en
dc.contributorWeise, S.en
dc.contributorvan Noordwijk, M.en
dc.contributorSampaio, N.en
dc.contributorFranke, I. L.en
dc.contributorBorges de Arau, H. J.en
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Jessaen
dc.contributor.authorWitcover, Julieen
dc.contributor.authorEricksen, Polly J.en
dc.contributor.authorGuevara, Rogeren
dc.contributor.authorTomich, Thomas P.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBrazilen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:56:09Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:56:09Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.description.abstractThe conversion of primary forest to other land uses in the Amazon threatens biodiversity and releases carbon into the atmosphere, but makes economic development and poverty reduction possible. Small-scale farmers practising slash-and-burn cultivation account for a significant proportion of tropical deforestation. However, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of alternative land use systems (LUS) to improve farmer welfare and simultaneously reduce deforestation are not well understood. The research presented in this report attempts to determine the environmental consequences of different LUS in the western Brazilian Amazon, whether these consequences can be mitigated with appropriate technological, policy and institutional changes and what sorts of tradeoffs exist among the different social objectives facing policy makers. The research programme implemented during Phase II of ASB s project in Brazil was designed to better understand how the Government of Brazil, national and international research organizations and donor agencies can balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. The key question can be summarized as: can intensifying land use within forest and on cleared land simultaneously reduce deforestation and reduce poverty?en
dc.description.notesAvailable in SANREM office, ESen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier1391en
dc.identifier.other1391_Lewis_ASB_Country_Report_Brazil.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66101en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherNairobi, Kenya: Alternatives to Slash-and-Burnen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.asb.cgiar.org/publications/view.asp?Pub_ID=13en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2002 ASB Publicationsen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectDeforestationen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectIntensive farmingen
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectDeforestationen
dc.subjectSlash-and-burnen
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectIntensificationen
dc.subjectAlternative land useen
dc.subjectConversion of foresten
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleAlternatives to slash-and-burn in Brazil: Summary report and synthesis of phase IIen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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