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Autor: Wunder, Sven

Gabon’s oil wealth coincides with the fact that it is one of the most forested countries in Africa; about four-fifths of its land area is covered by forests. But this is not really a coincidence. The central hypothesis of this report is that oil rents have enabled a series of pro-urban, anti-rura...


Wunder, Sven[When the Dutch disease met the French connection: oil, macroeconomics and forests in Gabon]When the Dutch disease met the French connection: oil, macroeconomics and forests in Gabon
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Gabon’s oil wealth coincides with the fact that it is one of the most forested countries in Africa; about four-fifths of its land area is covered by forests. But this is not really a coincidence. The central hypothesis of this report is that oil rents have enabled a series of pro-urban, anti-rura...


Wunder, Sven[Quand le syndrome Neerlandais: petrole, macroeconomie et forets au Gabon]Quand le syndrome Neerlandais: petrole, macroeconomie et forets au Gabon
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Despite considerable international attention in the field of forest conservation, tropical forests are still disappearing at an unaltered pace. This book gives an economic perspective on the analysis of deforestation. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empiric...


Wunder, Sven[The economics of deforestation: the example of Ecuador]The economics of deforestation: the example of Ecuador

The concept of payments for ecosystem services (PES) is probably the most promising innovation in conservation since Rio 1992, slowly but certainly to expand in the tropics. In a global context of stagnating or even decreasing public funding for biodiversity conservation, PES have the potential b...


Wunder, SvenWertz-Kanounnikoff, S.[Payments for ecosystem services: a new way of conserving biodiversity in forests]Payments for ecosystem services: a new way of conserving biodiversity in forests
Autor: Wunder, Sven

A main target of environmental campaigns to save the rainforest has been to stop oil operations from damaging tropical forests. However, there is more to the oil-and-forest story than meets the eye. A comprehensive study of long-run land use changes in eight tropical oil-producing countries shows...


Wunder, Sven[Does oil wealth help conserve the forests?]Does oil wealth help conserve the forests?
Engel, S.Wunscher, T.Wunder, Sven[Increasing the efficiency of forest conservation: The case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica]Increasing the efficiency of forest conservation: The case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica

Despite recent success in reducing forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon, additional forest conservation efforts, for example, through ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD+), could significantly contribute to global climate-change mitigation. Economic incentives, suc...


Börner, J.Wunder, SvenWertz-Kanounnikoff, S.Hyman, GlennNascimento, N[Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: Costs and income effects]Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: Costs and income effects
Conceição, H.R. daBörner, J.Wunder, Sven[Why were upscaled incentive programs for forest conservation adopted?: Comparing policy choices in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru]Why were upscaled incentive programs for forest conservation adopted?: Comparing policy choices in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru

Wunder, SvenSunderlin, William D.[ Oil, Macroeconomics, and Forests : Assessing the Linkages ]

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