Related Publications: Brazil

Despite the importance of tropical moist forests for conserving biodiversity and storing carbon, forests continue to fall, because the private benefits of clearing land for agriculture far outweigh tangible economic gains from retaining forests.

Since the 1970s, federal policies promoting migration and encouraging agricultural development of large farms, logging, and ranching have led to the deforestation of vast areas of the Amazon rainforest.Though these policies have largely been repla

This report identifies the links among economic growth, poverty alleviation, and natural resource degradation in Brazil.

En 1996, Brasil empleó más de 5.000 investigadores equivalentes de tiempo completo e invirtió más de $1.000 millones (dólares internacionales de 1993) en I&D agropecuario, casi la mitad del gasto total de América Latina en investigación agrope

Following two decades of increasing investments, growth in public agricultural research spending in Latin America stalled during the 1980s, reflecting shrinking government contributions and declining donor support in the midst of general economic

In 1996, Brazil employed more than 5,000 full-time equivalent researchers and spent more than $1 billion (1993 international dollars) on agricultural R&D; about one half of the total agricultural research spending throughout Latin America in t

Genetically modified (GM) food crops have inspired increasing controversy over the past decade. By the mid-1990s they were widely grown in the U.S., Canada, and Argentina, but precautionary regulations continue to limit their use elsewhere.

Em 1996, o Brasil empregava mais de 5.000 pesquisadores em tempo integral, e gastava mais de $1 bilhão (em dólares internacionais de 1993) em pesquisa agropecuária; cerca da metade do gasto total em pesquisa agropecuária de toda a América Latina.

Recently scientists have started to examine how land-uses and land-use technologies can help mitigate carbon emissions.