David S. Brown|John C. Brown|C. S. Brown
Land occupations and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
University of Colorado Boulder|University of Kansas
researchers increasingly interested understanding impact contentious social processes land change brazilian amazon often contentious interactions landholders defending private property rights squatters right occupy land deemed unproductive previous studies suggest contentious social processes inherent brazilian land tenure land reform system cause significant amount deforestation environment insecure land title policies value deforested land forested land among factors encourage landholders squatters deforest land necessary pasture crop production paper examines impact land occupations deforestation municipal scale across brazilian legal amazon 2000 2009 show land occupations direct influence deforestation use spatial analysis well show land occupations spatial component effect deforestation occupations one municipality affect deforestation adjacent areas