What Can We Do to Promote Sustainable Development in the Brazilian amazon?

José Guilherme Roquette Author-Workplace- Ministério Público de Mato Grosso, Brazil Author-Workplace- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil, Francisco de Almeida Lobo Author-Workplace- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil and Maria O’Healy Hunter Author-Workplace- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil

Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal, 2019, vol. 23, issue 1, 241-243

Abstract: Considered the most expansive biome in the world, Amazonia has the largest ecosystem biodiversity and could be developed sustainably through limited use of its products and their derivatives. However, the occupation and current type of development has resulted in alarming rates of deforestation, almost always associated with fire. In Brazil, the advancement of the agricultural frontier has been highlighted as the principal cause of degradation of the Amazon Forest, which makes ever more important the development of production systems with reduced environmental impact..

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2019.23.5556219

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