Annotated Bibliography

Bacha, C.J.C. (n,d)

The Evolution of Reforestation in Brazil
The study charted the development of reforestation initiatives in Brazil (with particular focus on
the economic conditions of the country and the policies made to address them) and made a cost-benefit
analysis of fiscal incentives of afforestation and reforestation project.. Forest reforestation was defined in
terms of annually planted area/acreage, inversely, deforestation is defined in terms of the reduction of
annually planted area/acreage. The study showed that based on relevant literature through the years,
financial incentive and spread of reforestation are not necessarily correlated. Thus the author proposed
that
The weakness of the study is that it focused only on homogenous reforestation, particularly one
that is directed towards meeting the demand for roundwood production.