Persistence of cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon: a spatial analysis of the rationale for beef production

Bowman, Maria S.; Soares-Filho, Britaldo S.; Merry, Frank D.; Nepstad, Daniel C.; Rodrigues, Hermann; Almeida, Oriana T.

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Persistence of cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon: a spatial analysis of the rationale for beef production

Bowman, Maria S., Soares-Filho, Britaldo S., Merry, Frank D., Nepstad, Daniel C., Rodrigues, Hermann, Almeida, Oriana T.·2012·Land Use Policy

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In addition to a livelihood, cattle ranching has become an activity involved in land grabbing (grilagem) and land speculation.
“Thus, in addition to a livelihood, cattle ranching has become an activity involved in land grabbing (grilagem) and land speculation (Bowman et al., 2012;Pereira et al., 2016).”
From Making deforestation risk visible. Discourses on bovine leather supply chain in Brazil (2020) · cites this paper as Bowman et al., 2012
In the context of volatile and uncertain land and currency markets, cattle ranching provides a low cost and low risk way to maintain control over a large land area and take advantage of speculative opportunities, while also building up a savings account via the cattle themselves.
“Second, in the context of volatile and uncertain land and currency markets, cattle ranching provides a low cost and low risk way to maintain control over a large land area and take advantage of speculative opportunities, while also building up a savings account, via the cattle themselves (Hecht 1993, Bowman et al. 2012, Campbell 2015).”
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Authors: Bowman, M. S., Soares-Filho, B. S., Merry, F. D., Nepstad, D. C., Rodrigues, H., & Almeida, O. T.
Affiliations: Woodwell Climate Research Center (US)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
Virginia Tech (US)
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (BR)
Corresponding author: Bowman, Maria S.
ORCID: Bowman, Maria S.
Soares-Filho, Britaldo S.
Almeida, Oriana T.
Venue: Land Use Policy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2012-07
Volume: 29
Issue: 3
Pages: 558-568
ISSN: 0264-8377 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.09.009
OpenAlex: W2059332538
Semantic Scholar: 54424a1a7fb7626544af58a5b43e4601b91c7f9b
Cited by: 282
References: 80
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 12.23
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Land Use Policy (publishedVersion)
Funders: United States Agency for International Development
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Livestock Farming and Management
Social Sciences › Safety Research › Agricultural economics and policies
Keywords: cattle ranching, beef production, Brazilian Amazon, land speculation, land grabbing, deforestation, forest margins, net present value, land prices, pasture management, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, agricultural credit policy, borderlands

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