Journal
LAND USE POLICY
Volume 64, Issue -, Pages 327-341Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.03.001
Keywords
Computable general equilibrium; Brazil; Amazon; Land-use change; Deforestation; Productivity
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- CNPq [550022/2014-7]
- FINEP [01.13.0353.00]
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Brazil confirmed targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in 2008, including an 80% reduction in deforestation in the Amazon by 2020. With this in mind, we investigated the trade-off between environmental conservation and economic growth in the Amazon. The aim of this study is to project the economic losses and land-use changes resulting from a policy to control deforestation and the rise in land productivity that is necessary to offset those losses. We developed a Dynamic Interregional Computable General Equilibrium Model for 30 Amazon regions with a land module allowing conversion between types of land. The results have shown that the most affected regions would be soybeans and cattle producers as well as regions dominated by family farms. To offset these impacts, it was estimated that an annual gain of land productivity of approximately 1.4% would be required. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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