Chomitz, Kenneth M.Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila2012-06-192012-06-192005-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8483Although private forest use in Brazil has been regulated at least since the Forest Code of 1965, cumulative deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached 653,000 kCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL EXPANSIONAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURECATTLECONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKCONSERVATIONCULTIVATIONDEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION RATESECONOMIC CONDITIONSENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONSENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONEXCHANGE RATEFORESTFOREST AREASFOREST CODEFOREST CONVERSIONFOREST COVERFOREST FIRESFOREST PATCHFOREST RESERVEFORESTSGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMILLEGAL DEFORESTATIONLAND COVERLAND USELANDOWNERLANDSCAPENATIVE VEGETATIONNATUREPERMANENT PRESERVATIONPOLLUTIONPRIVATE PROPERTYRATE OF DEFORESTATIONREMOTE SENSINGSATELLITE IMAGERYSMALLER PATCHESSOIL MOISTURESOUTH AMERICANSTREAMSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTROPICAL FORESTVEGETATIONWETLANDSWOODLANDWOODLANDSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3762