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Economic Values and the Environment of Amazonia

In: The Future of Amazonia

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  • David Pearce
  • Norman Myers

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The continuing deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia has generated increasing national and international debate. Underlying that debate is both a conflict of values and a dispute over the necessary basis for economic development.

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  • David Pearce & Norman Myers, 1990. "Economic Values and the Environment of Amazonia," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: David Goodman & Anthony Hall (ed.), The Future of Amazonia, chapter 15, pages 383-404, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-21068-8_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-21068-8_15
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    1. Geneva List & Oliver T. Coomes, 2017. "Natural hazards and risk in rice cultivation along the upper Amazon River," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 87(1), pages 165-184, May.
    2. Lester B. Lave & Elena Shevliakova, 1998. "Potential Damages from Climate Changes in the U.S," Energy & Environment, , vol. 9(4), pages 349-363, June.

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