A ECONOMIA DA PECUÁRIA NA AMAZÔNIA: GRILAGEM OU EXPANSÃO DA FRONTEIRA AGROPECUÁRIA?

The report argues that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is primarily driven by land grabbing rather than food demand. This is evidenced by a negative correlation between cattle herd growth and land prices in the Amazon, contrasting with the positive correlation found in other Brazilian regions. The authors conclude that policies focusing solely on productivity are insufficient and that land tenure security is essential to decouple cattle production from deforestation.

• In the Brazilian Amazon, cattle ranching expansion is strongly linked to land grabbing (grilagem), which increases the supply of land and subsequently lowers land prices. This differs from the rest of Brazil, where cattle growth is driven by meat and milk demand, which increases land demand and prices.
• Cattle ranching in the Amazon is characterized by an extensive model with low investment and low productivity, where expansion is associated with increased pasture degradation. This is contrasted with regions outside the Amazon, where cattle expansion does not correlate with increased pasture degradation.
• The Amazon region has a unique land rights distribution, with approximately 60% of its land classified as public land, compared to only 12% in the rest of Brazil. These public lands are highly vulnerable to land grabbing and real estate speculation, with some being illegally registered as private property in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR).
• Approximately 70% of deforested land in the Amazon is used for cattle ranching. Because the driver is land grabbing, policies aimed only at increasing productivity are insufficient; improving land security is critical to breaking the link between ranching and deforestation.

APA

Filho, F. L. L., Bragança, A., & Assunção, J. (2021). A ECONOMIA DA PECUÁRIA NA AMAZÔNIA: GRILAGEM OU EXPANSÃO DA FRONTEIRA AGROPECUÁRIA? Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cattle-PT_2.pdf

Chicago

Filho, Francisco Luis Lima, Arthur Bragança, and Juliano Assunção. A ECONOMIA DA PECUÁRIA NA AMAZÔNIA: GRILAGEM OU EXPANSÃO DA FRONTEIRA AGROPECUÁRIA? Climate Policy Initiative, 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cattle-PT_2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{filho2021economia, author = {Filho, Francisco Luis Lima and Bragança, Arthur and Assunção, Juliano}, title = {{A ECONOMIA DA PECUÁRIA NA AMAZÔNIA: GRILAGEM OU EXPANSÃO DA FRONTEIRA AGROPECUÁRIA?}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = oct, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cattle-PT_2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }