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The economic cost of the use of fire in the Amazon

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  • de Mendonca, Mario Jorge Cardoso
  • Vera Diaz, Maria del Carmen
  • Nepstad, Daniel
  • Seroa da Motta, Ronaldo
  • Alencar, Ane
  • Gomes, Joao Carlos
  • Ortiz, Ramon Arigoni

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  • de Mendonca, Mario Jorge Cardoso & Vera Diaz, Maria del Carmen & Nepstad, Daniel & Seroa da Motta, Ronaldo & Alencar, Ane & Gomes, Joao Carlos & Ortiz, Ramon Arigoni, 2004. "The economic cost of the use of fire in the Amazon," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(1), pages 89-105, May.
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