Economic Values and the Environment of Amazonia

David Pearce and Norman Myers

Chapter 15 in The Future of Amazonia, 1990, pp 383-404 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The continuing deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia has generated increasing national and international debate. Underlying that debate is both a conflict of values and a dispute over the necessary basis for economic development.

Keywords: Tropical Forest; Forest Cover; Natural Capital; Amazon Forest; Land Acquisition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-21068-8_15

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