The influence of family origin and socioeconomic variables on land use and deforestation of family lots in the Brazilian Amazon basin.

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Author(s): MATTOS, L. M. de

Summary: This article examines the influence of eleven independent variables (family origin, time of lot occupation, couple?s schooling, generational index, gender index, size of lot, land title, annual family income, access to rural credit, access to transportation to market the production, and access to electricity to benefit the production) on land use and deforestation of 2,555 family lots selected by the Brazilian federal policy denominated ?Social and Environmental Development of Rural Family Production Program? (Proambiente). The paper discusses six independent variables that demonstrated significant statistical influence on the deforestation of legal reserves of family lots: family origin, time of lot occupation, size of lot, annual family income, access to rural credit, access to transportation and access to electricity. This paper aims to provide data to the literature about land use and to collaborate with the improvement of governmental programs those combines agroecological transition and supply of environmental services to the global society.

Publication year: 2013

Types of publication: Paper in annals and proceedings

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