Home | Archives | About | Login | Submissions | Notify | Contact | Search Copyright © 2008 by the author(s). Published here under license by The Resilience Alliance. Go to the pdf version of this article The following is the established format for referencing this article: Fearnside, P. M. 2008. The roles and movements of actors in the deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia. Ecology Society 13 (1): 23. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art23/ Insight, part of Special Feature on The influence of human demography and agriculture on natural systems i n Neotropics The Roles and Movements of Actors in the Deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia Philip M. Fearnside 1 1 National Institute for Research in the Amazon-INPA ” Abstract ” Introduction » Landless migrants ( “ sem terras ” ) » Colonists/small farmers » Drug traffickers/money launderers » Goldminers ( “ garimpeiros ” ) » Laborers/debt slaves » Capitalized farmers » Landgrabbers ( “ grileiros ” ) » Sawmill operators/loggers ” Actors and Their Impacts ” Future Movements of Actors ” Transformations of Land and Actors ” Policy Implications » Remove motives for deforestation  Stop regularizing land claims  Cut subsidies » Establish the rule of law  Complete a cadaster of land titles  Reinforce command and control » Discourage movement to frontier  Exercise restraint in approving infrastructure  Create and protect conservation units » Create economic alternative  Create employment in source areas and alternative destinations  Support sustainable uses  Support alternative supply of domestic markets  Reward environmental services ” Conclusions ” Responses to this Article ” Acknowledgments ” Literature Cited E&S HOME > VOL. 13, NO. 1 > ART. 23 Page 1 of 18 Ecology and Society: The Roles and Movements of Actors in the Deforestation of Brazili... 26-May-08 http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art23/main.html