Valuing Soils in the Tropical Lowlands of Eastern Bolivia

Peter Abelson
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Chapter 10 in Project Appraisal and Valuation of the Environment, 1996, pp 240-267 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract There has long been concern that farmers use soil resources extractively without regard for their long-run value. Over 30 years ago FAO staff warned that ‘Shifting cultivation in the humid tropical countries is the greatest obstacle not only to the immediate increase of agricultural production, but also to the conservation of production potential of the future, in the form of soils and forests’ (FAO, 1957).

Keywords: Soil Erosion; Secondary Forest; Land Price; Family Labour; Expansion Zone (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230374744_10

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