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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Will intensification of beef production deliver conservation outcomes in the Brazilian Amazon?
Autor(es): Frank Merry
Britaldo Silveira Soares Filho
Resumo: The intensification of beef production has become a conservation target based on the idea of land sparing and the assumption that in order to contain deforestation and meet increasing beef demand we must increase productivity. There is also increasing attention and conservation credit being given to supply chain management in beef production. Based on a historical comparison between the US, a fully intensive system, and Brazil, one moving in that direction, we suggest that cattle ranching will intensify as a result of conservation investments (reductions in capital and land subsidies) rather than intensifying in order to produce conservation results. If the comparison holds, the new intensive system, however, will continue to require large natural resource inputs, government subsidies, and be plagued by social and conservation problems. It will also be held in thrall by a few large processing companies, which exert undue influence over both producers and consumers. Therefore, we suggest that closer attention be paid to attribution in the claim of conservation outcomes from intensive beef production.
Assunto: Ciências Ambientais
Agropecuária
Idioma: eng
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Instituição: UFMG
Departamento: IGC - DEPARTAMENTO DE CARTOGRAFIA
Tipo de Acesso: Acesso Aberto
Identificador DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.224
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/52109
Data do documento: 25-Mai-2017
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article/doi/10.1525/elementa.224/112425/Will-intensification-of-beef-production-deliver
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Elementa Science of Anthropocene
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