A pecuária sustentável e seu papel no combate ao desmatamento

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Gama, Débora de Avilez Calmon Nogueira
• Orientador(a): Féres, José Gustavo
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Pecuária sustentável; Intensificação de pastagens; Desmatamento
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Sustainable livestock; Livestock intensification; Deforestation
• Link de acesso: https://hdl.handle.net/10438/13867

This work analyzes the connection between cattle ranching and deforestation, focusing on the livestock intensification as a method to reduce forest pressure. The first analyze is a business case with cattle ranches over Alta Floresta, where the internal return rate and livestock rate from each property were calculated and then correlated. Following, a study over the Censo Agropecuário 2006 data were realized in order to identify which variables weigh over livestock intensification rates. Results suggest that higher livestock intensification rates are not linked with higher internal return rates, showing the need of financial incentives in order to expand the implementation of this strategy. Furthermore, higher livestock intensification levels have a positive relation with higher deforestation rates within the properties, managers with higher education levels, they are placed where the land prices are higher and have better credit access.