Measuring the initial impacts on deforestation of Mato Grosso's program for environmental control /
Chomitz, Kenneth M.
Measuring the initial impacts on deforestation of Mato Grosso's program for environmental control / Kenneth Chomitz M. - Washington, D.C : World Bank, 2005. - 58p : ill. ; 27 cm. - Policy research working ; no. 3762 .
Also available online. "Although private forest use in Brazil has been regulated at least since the Forest Code of 1965, cumulative deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached 653,000 km2 by 2003 (INPE 2004). Much of this deforestation is illegal . In 1999, three state foundation of the environment( FEMA) in Mato Grosso introduced an innovative licensing and enforceme4nt system to increase compliance with land use regulations. If successful, the program would deter deforestation that contravenes those regulations, including deforestation of riverline and hillside forest(permanent permanent preservation areas), and reduction of a property's forest cover below a specified limit(the legal forest reserve equipment). This study seeks to asses whether introduction of the program affected landholder behavior in the desired direction. Simple before/after comparisons are not suitable for this purpose, because ther
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Open access.
Deforestation--Brazil.--Mato Grosso.
Land use--Brazil--Mato Grosso.
Measuring the initial impacts on deforestation of Mato Grosso's program for environmental control / Kenneth Chomitz M. - Washington, D.C : World Bank, 2005. - 58p : ill. ; 27 cm. - Policy research working ; no. 3762 .
Also available online. "Although private forest use in Brazil has been regulated at least since the Forest Code of 1965, cumulative deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached 653,000 km2 by 2003 (INPE 2004). Much of this deforestation is illegal . In 1999, three state foundation of the environment( FEMA) in Mato Grosso introduced an innovative licensing and enforceme4nt system to increase compliance with land use regulations. If successful, the program would deter deforestation that contravenes those regulations, including deforestation of riverline and hillside forest(permanent permanent preservation areas), and reduction of a property's forest cover below a specified limit(the legal forest reserve equipment). This study seeks to asses whether introduction of the program affected landholder behavior in the desired direction. Simple before/after comparisons are not suitable for this purpose, because ther
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Open access.
Deforestation--Brazil.--Mato Grosso.
Land use--Brazil--Mato Grosso.