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National Factor Markets and the Macroeconomic Context for Environmental Destruction in the Brazilian Amazon

Year: 1992

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper discusses Amazonian agricultural development with emphasis on the interrelations between regional conditions and the economic context represented by the national economy. The extreme abundance of land relative to complementary factors, together with the position of the region as a price taker in both factor and output markets, create the conditions for environmentally destructive expansion of cultivation at the extensive margin. It is argued that policies to promote a more ecologically sensitive pattern of development must take into account these links with the larger Brazilian economy and society as well as conditions within the region itself.

Source: Development and Change

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1992.tb00437.x

Authors: Steven C. Kyle, Aercio S. Cunha

Institutions: Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Universidade de Brasília

Language: English

Topic: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Life on land

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2033999044

FWCI: 0.561

Cites: 23

Cited by: 10

Related to: 10