The article first reviews rates and definitions of tropical deforestation and the environmental implications in terms of climate change, biodiversity loss, and reduced supply of forest products. Tropical deforestation and other land use changes contributed about 20% of the global anthropogenic CO...
A widespread belief among development and forest researchers and practitioners holds that technological progress in tropical agriculture is good for forest conservation. Higher yield enables farmers to produce the same amount of food on less agricultural land. The alternative view suggests that p...
This chapter spells out the theoretical framework for the discussion and case studies of the book. First, it provides precise definitions of technological change and classify technological change into different types based on their factor intensities. The discussion starts off with a single farm ...
Angelsen, A.
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Soest, D.P. van
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Kaimowitz, D.
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Bulte, E.
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[Technological change and deforestation: a theoretical overview]
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Technological change and deforestation: a theoretical overview
This introductory chapter sets the scene for the discussion in the edited volume on how new agricultural affects tropical forests. It critically reviews four hypotheses that have been central in the claim that better technologies help protect forests: the Borlaug, the subsistence, the economic de...
Angelsen, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Introduction: the role of agricultural technologies in tropical deforestation]
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Introduction: the role of agricultural technologies in tropical deforestation
Angelsen, A.
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Brockhaus, M.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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[Analysing REDD+: challenges and choices [Japanese]: Introduction]
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Analysing REDD+: challenges and choices [Japanese]: Introduction