. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. 30 u h < z S3 ^5 w 2 a: - 0 a. U3 Q 20 10 T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ly7« 1980 1982 1984 19K6 1988 1990 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 DEFORESTATION RATE IN BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA 19-0 YEAR Mato Grosso ('7<-) Maranhao ('*) Ainazonas(|. Para () Rondonia () Amapa () Acre () Roraima () Tocantins (^) Figure Distribution of deforestation activity by state in 1990/1991 all for unsustainable uses such as cattle pasture and with very little benefit for the people of the region. At the 1991 ""red
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. 30 u h < z S3 ^5 w 2 a: - 0 a. U3 Q 20 10 T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ly7« 1980 1982 1984 19K6 1988 1990 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 DEFORESTATION RATE IN BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA 19-0 YEAR Mato Grosso ('7<-) Maranhao ('*) Ainazonas(|. Para () Rondonia () Amapa () Acre () Roraima () Tocantins (^) Figure Distribution of deforestation activity by state in 1990/1991 all for unsustainable uses such as cattle pasture and with very little benefit for the people of the region. At the 1991 ""reduced"" rate of deforestation, the area destroyed per day is over 30 sq. km. The decline in deforestation rates from 1987 to 1991 does not represent a trend that can be extrapolated into the future until the deforestation problem simply disappears, as some officials have claimed. The lower rates are mainly explained by Brazil's deepening economic recession over this period. Ranchers sim- ply do not ha\ e money to invest in expanding their clearings as quickly as they ha\e in the past. In addition, the government has lacked funds to continue building highways and establish settle- ment projects. Probably very little of the decline can be attrib- uted to Brazil's repression of deforestation through inspection from helicopters, confiscating chainsaws and fining landowners caught burning without the required pennission from IBAMA. Despite bitter complaints, most people continued to clear any- way. Changes in policies on granting fiscal incentives also do not explain the decline. The decree suspending the granting of incentives (Decree No. 151) was issued on 25 June 1991 — after almost all of the observed decline in deforestation rate had already occurred (Figure ). Even for the last year (1991). the effect would be minimal, as the average date for the LANDSAT images for the 1991 data set was August of that year. The distribution of 1990-1991 clearing among the regio
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