Pervasive transition of the Brazilian land-use system
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Soy cultivation is associated with increased household incomes but also increased inequality among producers.
“Yet, the soy cultivation is associated with increased household incomes but also increased inequality among producers (Weinhold et al., 2013 andLapola et al., 2014).”
From Transition in environmental governance in the Brazilian Amazon: emergence of a new pattern of socio-economic development and deforestation (2016) · cites this paper as Lapola et al., 2014
The 'Collateral effects on land distribution' section says the shift toward large-scale commodity farming reinforced inequality in land ownership. But it does not establish increased inequality specifically among soy producers. The 'Food security' passage mentions increased per capita income mainly in the Caatinga and attributes it to short-term welfare policies, not soy cultivation; neither passage establishes increased household income from soy. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe intensification process is connected with social and environmental degradation, including increased inequality in land ownership, greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation, and water pollution.
“However, although the intensification process may have reduced pressure on forests, it is also connected with social and environmental degradation, linked to increased inequality in land ownership (Lapola et al., 2014) and greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation and water pollution.”
From Transition in environmental governance in the Brazilian Amazon: emergence of a new pattern of socio-economic development and deforestation (2016) · cites this paper as Lapola et al., 2014
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- Authors
- Lapola, D. M., Martinelli, L. A., Peres, C. A., Ometto, J. P. H. B., Ferreira, M. E., Nobre, C. A., Aguiar, A. P. D., Bustamante, M. M. C., Cardoso, M. F., Costa, M. H., Joly, C. A., Leite, C. C., Moutinho, P., Sampaio, G., Strassburg, B. B. N., & Vieira, I. C. G.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Goiás (BR)
- Universidade de Brasília (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Viçosa (BR)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (BR)
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Lapola, David M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Climate Change
- Published
- 2013-12-20
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-35
- ISSN
- 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-6798
- OpenAlex
- W2066300309
- Cited by
- 573
- References
- 8
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- FWCI
- 25.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Acervo Digital da Universidade Estadual Paulista (Universidade Estadual Paulista) (submittedVersion)
- UNESP Institutional Repository (São Paulo State University) (submittedVersion)
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- INFM-OAR (INFN Catania) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Keywords
- land use change, greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, agricultural intensification, land tenure inequality, rural-urban migration, urban expansion, global cooling, sustainable land use, Brazilian agriculture
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