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Session 74:
Population impact on deforestation in developing countries

Tuesday, September 29
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Karam 2
Ourika Area
Chair: Alisson F. Barbieri, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR)
Discussant: Leah K. VanWey, Brown University

1. Soil quality, agriculture settlement and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon  •  Marcia C. Castro, Harvard University

2. Contrasting colonist and indigenous impacts on Amazonian forests  •  Flora Lu, University of California, Santa Cruz; Clark L. Gray, Duke University; Carlos Mena, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Christine M. Erlien, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jason Bremner, Population Reference Bureau (PRB); Stephen J. Walsh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3. Analysis of demographic and socio-economic factors as drivers of deforestation in the Ribeira do Iguape river basin, Brazilian Atlantic Forest: a GIS integration of census and remote sensing data  •  Humberto P Alves, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)

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