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050 00 $aHG3881.5.W57
100 1 $aChomitz, Kenneth M.
245 10 $aGeographic patterns of land use and intensity in the Brazilian Amazon$h[electronic resource] /$cKenneth M. Chomitz and Timothy S. Thomas.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bWorld Bank, Development Research Group, Infrastructure and Environment,$c2001.
490 1 $aPolicy research working paper ;$v2687
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from title screen as viewed on Aug. 26, 2002.
500 $a"October 2001."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 16-18).
520 $aNearly 90 percent of agricultural land in the Brazilian Amazon is used for pasture, or has been cleared and left unused. Pasture on average is used with very low productivity. Analysis based on census tract data shows that agricultural conversion of forested areas in the wetter western Amazon would be even less productive, using current technologies.
530 $aAlso available in print.
650 0 $aLand use$zBrazil$zAmazon River Estuary.
650 0 $aLandscape assessment$zBrazil$zAmazon River Estuary.
650 0 $aDeforestation$zBrazil$zAmazon River Estuary.
650 0 $aSustainable agriculture$zBrazil$zAmazon River Estuary.
650 0 $aAgricultural productivity$zBrazil$zAmazon River Estuary.
700 1 $aThomas, Timothy S.
710 2 $aWorld Bank.$bDeveloment Research Group.$bEnvironment and Infrastructure.
830 0 $aPolicy research papers ;$v2687.
856 40 $uhttp://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=2467