The economics of deforestation in the Amazon: dispelling the myths.

Preface 1. Deforestationand its Myths 2. Occupation, Changing Migration Dynamics, and Deforestationin the Brazilian Amazon 3. The Political Economyof FrontierExpansion and Deforestationin the Amazon 4. Deforestationand the Rules of Land Allocation 5. The Turnover Hypothesis of Amazon Deforestation: Conceptual Framework6. Colonization Projects: Field Work 7. Turnover on Farming Plots 8. Deforestationand Land Re-concentration in the Amazon Frontier9. Dispelling Other Myths about the Amazon Bibliography Index.