GEO Brasil - UNEP

Table 5
Statement of the number and area of
rural real-estate in Brazil and Great............... 55
Regions
Figure 4
Average area of households in hectares............... 57
Figure 5
Average area of patronal establishments
in hectares
............... 57
Table 6
Brazil: establishments, area, Gross Production
Value (VBP) and Total Financing
(FT)
............... 57
Table 7
Land use structure (in %), from 1970 to
1996
............... 58
Figure 6
Current use, agricultural potential, and
availability of lands designed to cultivated
pastures per egion in Brazil
Figure 7
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Evolution of meat production in Brazil
Box 1
Economic value of losses
............... 61
Table 8
Assessment of erosion impacts in Bra-..............zilian soils
62
Figure 8
Critical erosion areas due to agricultur-..............al 62
use
The state of subsoils
............... 63
Figure 1
Geological units that stand out by the
presence of deposits or mineral potential
Table 1
Mineral production environmental im-..............pacts 69
Figure 2
Main mineral provinces vulnerable to................7 1
degrading
Figure 3
Gold prospecting impact on the Tapa-..............jós River
72
Chart 1
Main sources of ground water pollution............... 73
and control standards
Superficial water
Figure 1
Water basins and regions in Brazil
Chart 1
Water availability in Brazil
Chart 2
Population served by water and sanitation
services
Chart 3
Evolution of irrigated lands in Brazil
Figure 2
Evolution of irrigated areas in Brazil
Figure 3
Navigable ways
Chart 4
Main navigable ways in the interior
of Brazil
Chart 5
Brazilian hydroelectric potential
Chart 6
Areas affected by desertification in
Northeast Brazil
Figure 4
Desertification - affected areas
Brazilian ground waters
Figure 1
From wells to ground flow sytems
Figure 2a
Main types of acquifers in the
Paraná Basin
Figure 2b
Suspended acquifers in sandy plateaus
Figure 3
Hydrogeological provinces of Brazil
Table 1
Ground water reserves in Brazil and
most frequent well-emptying intervals
Figure 4
Ground water potentials in Brazil
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The state of water resources
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