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Amazon Deforestation Revisited

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CATTLE, DEFORESTATION, AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMAZON: AN ECONOMIC, AGRONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE. By FaminowMerle D. (Wallingford, Conn.: CAB International Publishers, 1998. Pp. 253. $85.00 cloth.)

BRAZIL, FORESTS IN THE BALANCE: CHALLENGES OF CONSERVATION WITH DEVELOPMENT. By LeleUrna, VianaVirgilio, VerissimoAdalberto, VostiStephen, PerkinsKarin, and HusainSyed Arif. (Washington, D.C.: World Bank Operations Evaluation Department, 2000. Pp. 195. $22.00 paper.)

ESTILOS DE DESARROLLO, DEFORESTACION Y DEGRADACION DE LOS BOSQUES DE LAS TIERRAS BAJAS DE BOLIVIA. By BalanzaPablo Pacheco. (La Paz: Center for International Forestry Research, Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario, and Taller de Iniciativas y Estudios Rurales y de Reforma Agraria: Center for International Forestry Research, Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario, and Taller de Iniciativas y Estudios Rurales y de Reforma Agraria, 1998. Pp. 389.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

David Kaimowitz*
Affiliation:
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
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1. This figure amounted to somewhere between 500 million and 1 billion U.S. dollars. The exact amount is uncertain because Brazil devalued its currency in the middle of the year.

2. Logging for mahogany and other valuable timber may still be profitable even in remote locations, but it probably will not lead to complete deforestation.