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Forest Clearing Dynamics and the Expansion of Landholdings in Apuí, a Deforestation Hotspot on Brazil's Transamazon Highway

G. Carrero,P. Fearnside

Published 2011 in Ecology and Society

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We present a local-scale case study in the Rio Juma Settlement Project (RJSP) in Apui, a deforestation hotspot in the southern portion of Brazil’s state of Amazonas. We analyze land accumulation and land use strategies of households with a view to elucidating how their strategies are shaping deforestation. More than 76% of the household sample was from

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