The cattle are eating the forest

DeWalt, Billie R.

doi:10.1080/00963402.1983.11458931

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“…More land was cleared for large-scale farming and ranching. With internal price ceilings on traditional food crops (rice, maize, beans, and yucca) and unpredictable global market values for traditional export crops (coffee, bananas, and sugar), large landowners turned to beef production in the 1960s and 1970s as a more reliable and lucrative source of income (DeWalt, 1983). Export of beef to U.S. markets filled an expanding need for beef caused by the growth of fast-food franchises (Myers and Tucker, 1987).…”

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“…With little cleared land available, the landless rural population began migrating to large plantations and city slums in search of wage labor, and farther into uninhabited forested areas to clear land for subsistence crops. Due to poor soil conditions, 3 their crops grew well only for a few years, after which time they had to move on to new areas, clearing more trees to plant new crops (DeWalt, 1983;Myers and Tucker, 1987).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Population growth and economic development, taken both individually and in combination, have a substantial body of literature linking them with environmental degradation, particularly as they occur in Latin America. Much of this work takes the form of case studies (i.e., DeWalt, 1983;Hecht, 1985;Myers and Tucker, 1987;Stonich, 1989) and historical comparative work (i.e., Bunker, 1985), which discuss social factors contributing to environmental degradation, particularly deforestation, in individual countries or regions. There are a few broader studies that draw global conclusions both with overall statistical analysis (Rudel, 1989) and with a case-by-case inventory of existing conditions (FAO, 1981a(FAO, , 1981bMyers, 1980 (DeWalt, 1983;Myers and T\icker, 1987;Nations and Komer, 1987;Stonich, 1989).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Fueling expansion in the third world: Population, development, debt, and the global decline of forests

Inman

1993

Society & Natural Resources

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Recent studies indicate that large-scale deforestation may contribute to global warming and is a primary factor in the depletion of genetic material through extinction of plant and animal species. This study seeks to identify and estimate the importance of social factors affecting deforestation in the Third World. Using change scores in a linear regression analysis, the dependent variable, deforestation, is regressed on measures of rural population growth (1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985), change in agricultural development (1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985), and growth of national debt (1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985), while controlling for the original forest size (1975), total population (1975), and the original levels of development and debt (1975). Results, including 102 Third World countries, indicate that as both rural population and debt increase, so does deforestation. Increased agricultural development leads to less deforestation. Four countries-Brazil, Indonesia, India, and Colombia-are found to influence unduly the outcome of the regression. When these four countries are excluded from the analysis, only original forest size, rural population growth, change in debt, and original level of debt are significant. Increases in these variables are correlated with increased deforestation, except for original debt level, which is correlated negatively with deforestation.

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Section: Empirical Studiesmentioning

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Fueling expansion in the third world: Population, development, debt, and the global decline of forests

Inman

1993

Society & Natural Resources

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“…En algunas áreas forestales protegidas del mundo, la actividad ganadera se le puede responsabilizar parcialmente de la deforestación, erosión y extinción de especies (Dewalt, 1983, Bushbacher, 1986, Fleischner, 1994, así como el retraso o inhibición del proceso de reemplazo sucesional de los pinos por latifoliadas (Sánchez, 1988, Saldaña y Jardel, 1991, Sánchez y García, 1993. En algunas áreas del mundo se han podido demostrar cambios en la estructura y composición provocados por el pastoreo, haciendo que el número de ciertas especies vegetales sea significativamente menor que en sitios sin pastoreo (Pettit et al, 1995).…”

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Efecto de la ganadería extensiva sobre la regeneración arbórea de los bosques de la Sierra de Manantlán

Vargas

Sánchez-Velásquez

Valdovinos

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La Estación Científica Las Joyas (ECLJ) de la Sierra de Manantlán ha tenido un fuerte historial de perturbaciones. En 1988 se instaló un cerco perimetral que delimitó la estación, quedando esta área exenta de perturbaciones antrópicas. El cercado dividió diferentes rodales de bosque mesófilo de montaña, de pino y de pinoencino, quedando estos rodales con áreas de bosque con-ganado y otras sin-ganado. El estudio se realizó en estos bosques, usando dos réplicas y colocando aleatoriamente 180 cuadros de 2x2 m, 90 cuadros fuera de la ECLJ y el resto adentro. En estos cuadros se registró la regeneración arbórea (especie, densidad y altura). Se registraron 38 especies pertenecientes a 33 familias y 35 géneros. El número de árboles jóvenes fue significativamente diferente entre los sitios sin-ganado vs con-ganado (en todos los casos χ2 >7.5 y p <0.001) y la composición florística también fue diferente. Inga hintonii y Alnus jorullensis, son especies que no se encontraron en lugares conganado, esto sugiere que son especies potenciales a extinguirse en presencia del ganado. Las especies, Xylosma flexuosum y Pinus douglasiana, presentaron valores significativos de importancia en los sitios con-ganado en el bosque mesófilo de montaña y pino-encino, respectivamente. En el bosque de pino, tanto en sitios con y sin-ganado, las especies con mayor valor de importancia fueron; Pinus douglasiana y Prunus serotina. Se concluye que el ganado bovino está ejerciendo un cambio en la composición florística y en la disminución del número de árboles jóvenes por hectárea en los tres tipos de vegetación estudiados.

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“…The term "hamburger connection" is most commonly associated with Norman Myers' influential article (1981) in which he drew attention to destruction of Mexican and Central American rainforests for cheap beef used in North American hamburgers. The links between deforestation and consumption were further elaborated and revised in other studies with alarming titles, including The cattle are eating the forest (DeWalt 1983), Hoofprints on the forest (Shane 1986), and Rainforests and the hamburger society (Nations and Komer 1983). In this dynamic of ecologically unequal exchange, impoverished Latin Americans degraded their lands and but did not benefit from an improved diet -"eating less meat than the average American cat" (Nations and Nigh 1978).…”

Section: Shifting Dynamics Of Livestock Production Meat Consumptionmentioning

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Jungle beef: consumption, production and destruction, and the development process in the Brazilian Amazon

Hoelle

2017

Journal of Political Ecology

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The environmental impacts of the global livestock industry are expected to continue increasing due to high meat consumption among affluent consumers in developed nations, and "new" consumers in emerging countries, such as Brazil. There is substantial research on the connections between international meat consumption and the destruction of Latin American environments, but less is known about the links between production/destruction and consumption in developing settings. In the western Amazon state of Acre, Brazil, increasing beef consumption is directly linked with local cattle production and environmental destruction, providing an opportunity to examine the relationships between these processes in a developing context. Interviews, participant-observation, and a standardized survey provide data on perceptions of beef and meat preferences, and how these relate to practices and patterns of consumption among a range of groups, from urban environmentalists to beef-loving cowboys. The results reveal how the hierarchical ordering of foods, with beef at the top, maps onto similar hierarchies of status and class, as well as notions of strength and nutrition. The analysis of beef consumption in a developing setting illustrates how beef is both a signifier of development and the symbolic and material fuel for a development process in which individuals, society, and the environment are transformed and improved. This study of local connections complements macro-and regional-level research on destruction and consumption linkages by offering insights on why consumers in a developing setting choose beef, and how the rubble and destruction of expanding Latin American agricultural frontiers is hidden, ignored, or written off in a discourse emphasizing the social and economic benefits of development. Keywords: Amazonia, beef, Brazil, cattle ranching, consumption, deforestation, development, food, meat RésuméLes impacts environnementaux de l'industrie mondiale de l'élevage devraient continuer à augmenter en raison de la consommation élevée de viande chez les consommateurs riches dans les pays développés, et aussi les «nouveaux» consommateurs dans les pays émergents, comme le Brésil. Il existe des recherches importantes sur les liens entre la consommation internationale de viande et la destruction des milieux latino-américains, mais on connaît moins les liens entre production/destruction et consommation dans les régions moins développées. En Acre, un État brésilien dans l'Amazonie de l'Ouest, l'augmentation de la consommation de boeuf est directement liée à la production locale de bétail et à la destruction de l'environnement. Ce qui permet d'examiner les relations entre ces processus dans une région qui se développe encore. Les entrevues, l'observation des participants et une enquête standard fournissent des données sur les perceptions des préférences en matière de boeuf et de viande. Je montre comment cela se rapporte aux pratiques et aux modes de consommation parmi une gamme de groupes, allant des écologistes urbains aux...

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The cattle are eating the forest

Cited by 29 publications

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Fueling expansion in the third world: Population, development, debt, and the global decline of forests

Fueling expansion in the third world: Population, development, debt, and the global decline of forests

Efecto de la ganadería extensiva sobre la regeneración arbórea de los bosques de la Sierra de Manantlán

Jungle beef: consumption, production and destruction, and the development process in the Brazilian Amazon

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