Agricultural fire use in the Brazilian Amazon: some evidences for the state of Pará regarding the economics of accidental fires and fallow management

The use of fire as an agricultural tool perpetuates in Brazilian Amazon, despite its negative socioeconomic, environmental and public health impacts. Two topics of the problem are investigated, by looking to the current period (2009-2010) and for three municipalities of the State of Pará, namely...

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Main Author: Thiago Fonseca Morello Ramalho da Silva
Other Authors: Ricardo Abramovay
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12140/tde-13082013-201624/