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Agricultural development with rainforest conservation: methods for seeking best bet alternatives to slash-and-burn, with applications to Brazil and Indonesia

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  • Tomich, Thomas P.
  • van Noordwijk, Meine
  • Vosti, Stephen A.
  • Witcover, Julie

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  • Tomich, Thomas P. & van Noordwijk, Meine & Vosti, Stephen A. & Witcover, Julie, 1998. "Agricultural development with rainforest conservation: methods for seeking best bet alternatives to slash-and-burn, with applications to Brazil and Indonesia," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 19(1-2), pages 159-174, September.
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    1. Reardon, Thomas & Vosti, Stephen A., 1995. "Links between rural poverty and the environment in developing countries: Asset categories and investment poverty," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 23(9), pages 1495-1506, September.
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    2. Vosti, Stephen A. & Witcover, Julie & Carpentier, Chantal Line, 2002. "Agricultural intensification by smallholders in the Western Brazilian Amazon: from deforestation to sustainable land use," Research reports 130, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    3. Russell Wise & Graham Maltitz & Robert Scholes & Chris Elphinstone & Renee Koen, 2009. "Estimating carbon in savanna ecosystems: rational distribution of effort," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 14(7), pages 579-604, October.
    4. Vosti, Stephen A. & Braz, Evaldo Munoz & Carpentier, Chantal Line & d'Oliveira, Marcus V. N. & Witcover, Julie, 2003. "Rights to Forest Products, Deforestation and Smallholder Income: Evidence from the Western Brazilian Amazon," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 31(11), pages 1889-1901, November.
    5. Ranjith P. Udawatta & Lalith Rankoth & Shibu Jose, 2019. "Agroforestry and Biodiversity," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-22, May.
    6. Tschakert, Petra & Coomes, Oliver T. & Potvin, Catherine, 2007. "Indigenous livelihoods, slash-and-burn agriculture, and carbon stocks in Eastern Panama," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 60(4), pages 807-820, February.
    7. Chomitz, Kenneth M., 2000. "Evaluating carbon offsets from forestry and energy projects," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2357, The World Bank.
    8. Cheryl Palm & Tom Tomich & Meine Van Noordwijk & Steve Vosti & James Gockowski & Julio Alegre & Lou Verchot, 2004. "Mitigating GHG Emissions in the Humid Tropics: Case Studies from the Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Program (ASB)," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 145-162, March.
    9. Wise, Russell M. & Cacho, Oscar J., 2002. "A Bioeconomic Analysis of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agro-Forests," 2002 Conference (46th), February 13-15, 2002, Canberra, Australia 125612, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
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