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Author : Steven W. Stone
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Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Economic Trends in the Timber Industry of the Brazilian Amazon written by Steven W. Stone and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Economic Trends in the Timber Industry of the Brazilian Amazon written by Steven Stone and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The timber industry of the Brazilian Amazon is changing rapidly. From a slowly evolving base of extraction in the estuary areas, the industry has expanded along an extensive road network straddling upland forests. This research examines the changes in the economic profile of timber extraction and processing in an old frontier area of Brazil, the county of Paragominas in the Eastern Amazonian state of Para. As one of the earliest centres of upland logging in the Amazon, its experience after twenty years offers insights to the development of the industry as it spreads to other regions of the basin. This paper presents a theoretical model of industry evolution in frontier areas and analyzes industry response in Paragominas to local shortages in raw material, rising international wood prices and increasingly stable property rights.
Author : International Institute for Environment & Development
Publisher : Iied
ISBN 13 : 9781843691716
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (917 download)
Download or read book Economic Trend in the Timber Industry of the Brazilian Amazon written by International Institute for Environment & Development and published by Iied. This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven W. Stone
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Total Pages : 482 pages
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Download or read book Growth of the Timber Industry in the Eastern Amazon written by Steven W. Stone and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven W. Stone
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Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Economic Trends in the Timber Industry of the Brazilian Amazon written by Steven W. Stone and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lykke E. Andersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521811972
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)
Download or read book The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon written by Lykke E. Andersen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-12-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-disciplinary team of authors analyze the economics of Brazilian deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. They survey the most up to date work in this field and present their own dynamic and spatial econometric analysis based on municipality level panel data spanning the entire Brazilian Amazon from 1970 to 1996. By observing the dynamics of land use change over such a long period the team is able to provide quantitative estimates of the long-run economic costs and benefits of both land clearing and government policies such as road building. The authors find that some government policies, such as road paving in already highly settled areas, are beneficial both for economic development and for the preservation of forest, while other policies, such as the construction of unpaved roads through virgin areas, stimulate wasteful land uses to the detriment of both economic growth and forest cover.
Author : Duncan Macqueen
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843694379
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Exportando sem crises written by Duncan Macqueen and published by IIED. This book was released on 2004 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O atual contexto da produção e do comércio madeireiro no Brasil. Legalidade predatória - o novo contexto da exploração madeireira na Amazônia. O investimento direto estrangeiro (IDE) e a estrutura industrial do setor florestal brasileiro. O ponto de vista dos produtores brasileiros - aumentando e mantendo as exportações. As percepções dos consumidores sobre as principais barreiras envolvidas no fornecimento de produtos madeireiros do Brasil. O que poderá acontecer no futuro baseado nas lições da Indonésia. Como expandir a exportação de madeira de forma sustentável.
Author : Steven W. Stone
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Total Pages : 482 pages
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Download or read book Growth of the Timber Industry in the Eastern Amazon written by Steven W. Stone and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wolfram Kägi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940159600X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Economics of Climate Change: The Contribution of Forestry Projects written by Wolfram Kägi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is one of the major global environmental problems, one that has the potential to confront us with great costs during the decades to come. Climate change is caused by emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO). As z deforestation leads to CO emissions and growing forests sequester CO, forestry z z projects provide us with options to mitigate CO effects. This study analyses the z contribution Jorestry projects can make within the context of climate change. The contribution of forestry projects is here discussed on two levels. On a first level, the COz effect of individual projects is analysed. On a second level, the study asks whether the analysis of forestry projects can contribute to questions on climate change which have been discussed in the economic literature during the past two decades. While most studies on forestry projects focus on particular details, predominantly on technical issues, this study takes a rather broad perspective, drawing together different relevant aspects: the stability of international agreements is discussed, costs and benefIts of reducing GHG emissions in industrial countries are reviewed, the underlying causes of deforestation are analysed and insights from resource economics are taken into consideration. Such a wide perspectiveallows the identifIcation, discussion and appreciation of problems and opportunities associated with forestry projects in the context of climate change which are otherwise not recognised.
Author : William F. Hyde
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136334319
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)
Download or read book The Global Economics of Forestry written by William F. Hyde and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest frontier to modern industrial forest plantations. It builds from diagrams describing three discrete stages of forest development, and then discusses the management and policy implications associated with each, supporting its observations with examples and data from six continents and from both developed and developing countries. It shows that characteristic distinctions between the three stages make forestry unusual in natural resource management and that effective policy requires different, even contrasting, decisions at each stage. William F. Hyde’s comprehensive discussion covers a wide range of issues, including the impacts of both specific forest policies and broader macroeconomic policies, the unique requirements of current issues such as global warming, biodiversity and tourism, and the complexities of the different forest products industries. Concluding chapters review the roles of the newer institutional landowners, of smaller private and farm landowners, and of public agencies. This highly-original volume reaches far beyond forest economics; it explains what forestry can do for regional development and environmental conservation and what policies designed for other sectors and the macro-economy can do for forestry.
Author : Douglas DeWitt Southgate
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195109961
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book Tropical Forest Conservation written by Douglas DeWitt Southgate and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has proved hard to establish national parks in Africa, Asia, and South and Central America, where inhabitants are resistant to change. This text explores the alternatives of integrated conservation and development projects & related initiatives.
Author : Lee J. Alston
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472024280
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Titles, Conflict, and Land Use written by Lee J. Alston and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazon, the world's largest rain forest, is the last frontier in Brazil. The settlement of large and small farmers, squatters, miners, and loggers in this frontier during the past thirty years has given rise to violent conflicts over land as well as environmental duress. Titles, Conflict, and Land Use examines the institutional development involved in the process of land use and ownership in the Amazon and shows how this phenomenon affects the behavior of the economic actors. It explores the way in which the absence of well-defined property rights in the Amazon has led to both economic and social problems, including lost investment opportunities, high costs in protecting claims, and violence. The relationship between land reform and violence is given special attention. The book offers an important application of the New Institutional Economics by examining a rare instance where institutional change can be empirically observed. This allows the authors to study property rights as they emerge and evolve and to analyze the effects of Amazon development on the economy. In doing so they illustrate well the point that often the evolution of economic institutions will not lead to efficient outcomes. This book will be important not only to economists but also to Latin Americanists, political scientists, anthropologists, and scholars in disciplines concerned with the environment. Lee Alston is Professor of Economics, University of Illinois, and Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Gary Libecap is Professor of Economics and Law, University of Arizona, and Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Bernardo Mueller is Assistant Professor, Universidade de Brasilia.
Author : Paul Lindert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 904813739X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Decentralized Development in Latin America written by Paul Lindert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the scholarly and professional literature on development focuses either on the ‘macro’ level of national policies and politics or on the ‘micro’ level of devel- ment projects and household or community socio-economic dynamics. By contrast, this collection pitches itself at the ‘meso’ level with a comparative exploration of the ways in which local institutions – municipalities, local governments, city authorities, civil society networks and others – have demanded, and taken on, a greater role in planning and managing development in the Latin American region. The book’s rich empirical studies reveal that local institutions have engaged upwards, with central authorities, to shape their policy and resource environments and in turn, been pressured from ‘below’ by local actors contesting the ways in which the structures and processes of local governance are framed. The examples covered in this volume range from global cities, such as Mexico and Santiago, to remote rural areas of the Bolivian and Brazilian Amazon. As a result the book provides a deep understanding of the diversity and complexity of local governance and local development in Latin America, while avoiding the stereotyped claims about the impact of globalisation or the potential benefits of decentralisation, as frequently stated in less empirically grounded analysis.
Author : Claudio Ferraz
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843693070
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Automobile Pollution Control in Brazil written by Claudio Ferraz and published by IIED. This book was released on 2013 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air pollution concentrations have been rapidly increasing in the major urban areas of Brazil caused mainly by the increasing use of vehicles. In the presence of this negative externality, environmental regulation is required. Car emission control policies in Brazil have relied basically on mandatory emission standards and subsidies for specific cleaner technology resulting in substantial decrease of car emission rates. Nevertheless, car sale taxes, differentiated by vehicles' size and fuel, have also influenced car emission patterns. This paper analyzes the compliance trend of the Brazilian fleet with environmental standards between 1992 and 1997. We find that larger automobiles had the fastest compliance schedule while popular models adjusted very slowly. Also gasoline-fueled models had a faster adjustment pattern than ethanol cars. Additionally, we analyze the current relationship between pollution emissions and car characteristics in order to orient policy formulation. We find a positive relationship between emissions rates and horse power, concluding that although the current value added-sale car tax is not environmental harmful, a tax differentiating clean from dirty models, within each tax bracket, could create substantial incentives for emission control in the future.
Author : Ingrid Mulder
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843693089
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Soil Fertility written by Ingrid Mulder and published by IIED. This book was released on 2000 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : International Institute for Environment and Development
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1904035272
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Environmental Effects of Tax Differentiation by Vehicle Characteristics written by International Institute for Environment and Development and published by IIED. This book was released on 2000 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban pollution, particularly from exhaust fumes, is a growing problem in Costa Rica, as elsewhere. Policy makers have tried to solve the problem through traditional regulatory instruments. But at the same time, other policy initiatives, such as reducing taxes, have contributed to greater car ownership and use, and hence, pollution levels. This study looks at whether the government's practice of differentiating car taxes on the basis of vehicle characteristics can be used to improve air quality in Costa Rica. The results indicate that a tax that increases the relative price of used cars will have significant environmental impacts, while other means of differentation are much weaker.
Author : M. Patricia Marchak
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773513450
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Logging the Globe written by M. Patricia Marchak and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1995 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the growth of industrial forestry in the southern hemisphere and the restructuring of forestry in the northern hemisphere, the industry is undergoing tremendous change. Logging the Globe investigates the transformations that are taking place and their ecological, social, and economic impact.
