Searching for sustainability: forest policies, smallholders, and the Trans-Amazon Highway. From: Environment | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Amacher, Gregory; Azevedo-Ramos, Claudia; Lefebvre, Paul; Lima, Eirivelthon; Merry, Frank; Nepstad, Daniel; Resque, Felipe, Jr. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

It is a powerful and disturbing image: loggers driving roads deep into the forest to remove a few mahogany trees, with slash-and-burn settlers following closely on their heels. However, it no longer captures the whole picture of logging in the Brazilian Amazon. So, then, what is the role of logging in the impoverishment or potential conservation of the Amazon rainforest? The answer to this question is deceptively complex: To achieve a sustainable future in Amazon forestry, policyma...

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