These photos will show some impressions from my field trip to the Brazilian Amazon region in 2015. All in all I stayed about three month in the region to make interviews with local farmers about their production systems and their attitudes towards protection of the natural rain forest. My interviews covered a large area of the Amazon in the states of Acre and Mato Grosso.

The state of Mato Grosso and Acre in red

My studies are part of a research-project at the Centre for Development Research in Bonn that is funded by the Robert-Bosch-Fundation.  The project seeks to understand how environmental policies can contribute to lower deforestation and foster sustainable land-use in tropical rain-forest regions.

During the field research I interviewed persons about their land-use choices including the use of new technologies to increase productivity and the role of deforestation in current land-use practices. I hope to understand how…