Will intensification of beef production deliver conservation outcomes in the Brazilian Amazon?

The intensification of beef production has become a conservation target based on the idea of land sparing and the assumption that in order to contain deforestation and meet increasing beef demand we must increase productivity. There is also increasing attention and conservation credit being given to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Frank Merry, Britaldo Soares-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioOne 2017-05-01
Series:Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
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Online Access:https://www.elementascience.org/articles/224