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'Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon' is part of the
World Bank Working Paper series. The report suggests that, in
contrast to the 1970s and 1980s, when occupation of Brazilian
Amazonia was largely induced by government policies and subsidies,
recent deforestation in significant parts of the region is
basically caused by medium- and large-scale cattle ranching. Among
the causes of the transformation are technological and managerial
changes and the adaptation of cattle ranching to the geo-ecological
conditions of eastern Amazonia, which allowed for productivity
gains and cost reductions. The fact that cattle ranching is viable
from the private perspective does not mean that the activity is
socially desirable nor environmentally sustainable. Private gains
need to be contrasted with the environmental (social) costs
associated with cattle ranching and deforestation. It is also
argued that the private benefits from large-scale cattle ranching
are largely exclusive, having contributed little to alleviate
social and economic inequalities. However, decreases in the price
of beef in national markets and increases in exports caused by the
expansion of cattle ranching in Eastern Amazonia may imply social
benefits that go beyond sectoral and regional boundaries. The paper
provides a social evaluation of deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia
by, on the one hand, identifying the main agents involved in the
process, the economic motives behind their activities and their
possible economic returns and, on the other hand, undertaking a
monetary evaluation of the economic (social) costs of deforestation
while making some comparisons with sustainable forest management.
It presents and compares a number of different scenarios and
proposes recommendations for the region.
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