Transportation infrastructure and deforestation in the Amazon
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Large infrastructure projects such as interstate highways (e.g., BR-163, BR-319) have been a major driver of illegal deforestation and encroachment on protected areas in the Amazon.
“First, large infrastructure projects such as interstate highways (e.g., BR-163, BR-319) have been a major driver of illegal deforestation and encroachment on protected areas, their impacts being usually magnified by the creation of auxiliary clandestine roads (Ferrante et al., 2021;Neves et al., 2021;Araujo et al., 2025).”
From Beyond the “supply chain” framing: Cattle ranching as a vanishing mediator of deforestation and dispossession in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon (2026) · cites this paper as Araujo et al., 2025
The impacts of large infrastructure projects on illegal deforestation and encroachment are usually magnified by the creation of auxiliary clandestine roads.
“First, large infrastructure projects such as interstate highways (e.g., BR-163, BR-319) have been a major driver of illegal deforestation and encroachment on protected areas, their impacts being usually magnified by the creation of auxiliary clandestine roads (Ferrante et al., 2021;Neves et al., 2021;Araujo et al., 2025).”
From Beyond the “supply chain” framing: Cattle ranching as a vanishing mediator of deforestation and dispossession in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon (2026) · cites this paper as Araujo et al., 2025
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Bastos Lima, M. G., & López, J. (2026) · World Development · doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107532
- Authors
- Araujo, R., Assunção, J., & Bragança, A.
- Affiliations
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- World Bank (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bragança, Arthur
- Venue
- Journal of Development Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2025-10
- Volume
- 177
- Pages
- 103559
- ISSN
- 0304-3878 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4411263551
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 3
- FWCI
- 4.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Development Economics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Keywords
- transport infrastructure, deforestation, Amazon, market access, agricultural commodities, land use, infrastructure projects, land clearing, environmental policy evaluation
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