Presenting an economic perspective of deforestation in the Brazilan Amazon, this study utilizes economic and ecological data from 1970 to 1996 It examines the extent to which land clearing promotes economic activity and growth and analyzes policies suchas road building and subsidized credit It explores whether the economic benefits of land озъли clearing surpass the ecological costs and considers the viability of extractivism as an alternative to deforestation.  Во времяISBN 052181197X.