| Study area |
Period |
Explanatory aspects*
|
Sources |
| Amazon |
Until 1985 |
Population (+); cultivated area (+); cattle herd (+); timber production (+); highway density (+); distance from the state capital (-). |
Reis & Margulis (1991Reis, E. J., & Margulis, S. (1991). Perspectivas econômicas do desflorestamento da Amazônia. Texto para Discussão (Ipea), v. 215. Brasília: Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada.) |
| Central Amazon |
Until 2000 |
Distance from highways (-), grazing areas (+), cattle herd (+), land ownership (-) and income (-) |
Walker, Perz, Caldas & Silva (2002Walker, R., Perz, S., Caldas, M., & Silva, L. G. T. (2002). Land use and land cover change in forest frontiers: The role of household life cycles. International Regional Science Review, 25(2), 169-199. ) |
| Amazon |
1970/1996 |
Livestock (+), agriculture (+), timber (+), mining (+) and land ownership (-) |
Andersen, Granger, Reis, Weinhold, & Wunder (2002Andersen, L. E., Granger, C. W., Reis, E. J., Weinhold, D., & Wunder, S. (2002). The dynamics of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ) |
| Amazon |
1975/1985 |
Prices of agricultural products (+); price of land (+); rural credit (+); implementation of highways (+); income of rural establishments (-) |
Young (1998Young, C. E. F. (1998). Public policies and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Planejamento e Políticas Públicas, 18, 201-223.) |
| Amazon |
1968/1987 |
Implementation of highways (+); paved highways (+) |
Pfaff (1999Pfaff, A. S. P. (1999). What drives deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from satellite and socioeconomic data. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 37, 26-43.) |
| Amazon |
1978/1988 |
Growth in grazing areas (+); growth in agricultural areas (+); timber exploitation (+); mining areas (+); growth of urban areas (+) |
Skole, Chomentowski, Salas, & Nobre, (1994Skole, D. L., Chomentowski, W. H., Salas, W. A., & Nobre, A. D. (1994). Physical and human dimensions of deforestation in Amazonia. BioScience, 44(5), 314-322. ) |
| Amazon |
1985/1995 |
Agricultural production (+). Obs.: Technological innovation in agriculture generates less deforestation |
Cattaneo (2005Cattaneo, A. (2005). Inter-regional innovation in Brazilian agriculture and deforestation in the Amazon: income and environment in the balance. Environment and Development Economics, 10, 485-511.) |
| Rondônia |
1980/2000 |
Rural settlements (+); size of the lots (+), time of occupation (+), infrastructure (+), forest reserves of common use (-) |
Batistella & Moran (2005Batistella, M., & Moran, E. F. (2005). Dimensões humanas do uso e cobertura das terras na Amazônia: uma contribuição do LBA. Acta Amazonica, 35(2), 239-247.) |
| Amazon |
1997/2000 |
Extraction Reserve Areas (-); National Parks area (-); Indigenous Land Area (-) |
Nepstad, Schwartzman, Bamberger, Santilli, Ray, Schlesinger & Rolla (2006Nepstad, D., Schwartzman, S., Bamberger, B., Santilli, M., Ray, D., Schlesinger, P., & Rolla, A. (2006). Inhibition of Amazon deforestation and fire by parks and indigenous lands. Conservation Biology, 20(1), 65-73. ) |
| Amazon |
2000/2001 |
Population Density (+); highways (+); severity of drought season (+) |
Laurance, Albernaz, Schroth, Fearnside, Bergen, Venticinque & Costa (2002Laurance, W. F., Albernaz, A. K., Schroth, G., Fearnside, P. M., Bergen, S., Venticinque, E. M., & Costa, C. (2002). Predictors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Biogeography, 29(5‐6), 737-748. ) |
| Uruará (PA) |
Until 2005 |
Distance from the Trans-Amazonian Highway (-); number of men in rural establishments (+); soil fertility (+); credit (+) |
Caldas, Walker, Arima, Perz, Aldrich & Simmons (2007Caldas, M., Walker, R., Arima, E., Perz, S., Aldrich, S., & Simmons, C. (2007). Theorizing land cover and land use change: the peasant economy of Amazonian deforestation. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 97(1), 86-110. ) |
| Amazon |
1996/2006 |
Distance from highways (-); protected areas (-); El Niño effect (+) |
Adeney, Christensen & Pimm (2009Adeney, J. M., Christensen Jr, N. L., & Pimm, S. L. (2009). Reserves protect against deforestation fires in the Amazon. PLos One, 4(4), 5014-5026.) |
| Oriental Amazon |
2007/2008 |
Farming (+); timber (+); charcoal (+); non-timber vegetation extractivism (-); distance from the closest regional IBAMA office (-); and protected areas (-). |
Gazoni & Mota (2010bGazoni, J. L., & Mota, J. A. (2010b). Fatores político-econômicos do desmatamento na Amazônia Oriental. Sustentabilidade em Debate, 1(1), 25-42.) |
| Pará |
2006/2010 |
Rural settlements (+); land ownership uncertainties (+); infrastructure (-); size of the lots (-); timber (+) |
Calandino, Wehrmann, & Koblitz (2012Calandino, D., Wehrmann, M., & Koblitz, R. (2012). Contribuição dos assentamentos rurais no desmatamento da Amazônia: um olhar sobre o Estado do Pará. Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 26, 161-170.) |
| Amazon |
2003/2008 |
Livestock (+); agriculture (+); timber (+); rural settlements (+); protected areas (-); environmental inspection (-). |
Gazoni (2014Gazoni, J. L. (2014). Amazônia: ambiente, desenvolvimento e sustentabilidade. Rio de Janeiro: NEA.) |
| Amazon |
1999/2011 |
Agricultural prices (+); rural credit (+); transportation cost (=); inspection (-) |
Ferreira & Coelho (2015Ferreira, M. D. P., & Coelho, A. B. (2015). Desmatamento recente nos estados da Amazônia Legal: uma análise da contribuição dos preços agrícolas e das políticas governamentais. Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, 53(1), 91-108.) |
| Amazon (arch) |
2008/2012 |
Livestock (+), permanent farming (+); temporary farming (+); Gross Internal Product (+); population (+); education (-) |
Delazeri (2016Delazeri, L. M. (2016). Determinantes do Desmatamento nos Municípios do Arco Verde-Amazônia Legal: uma abordagem econométrica. Revista Economia Ensaios, 30(2), 11-34.) |
| Amazon (UCs) |
2015/2016 |
Forest density (+), Ecological Station (-), Pará (+), controlled public visitation (-) |
Gazoni (2018Gazoni, J. L. (2018) A visitação pública e o desmatamento nas Unidades de Conservação da Amazônia: uma abordagem econométrica. In: Colóquio Cenários, Ciência e Desenvolvimento Turístico, Anais... Gramado, 12 a 14 de abril de 2018, p. 35-52.) |
