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Developing countries participating in the mitigation mechanism of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), need to determine a national forest reference emission le...


Romijn EAinembabazi, John H.Wijaya, A.Herold, MartinAngelsen, A.Verchot, Louis V.Murdiyarso, Daniel[Exploring different forest definitions and their impact on developing REDD+ reference emission levels: A case study for Indonesia]Exploring different forest definitions and their impact on developing REDD+ reference emission levels: A case study for Indonesia
Angelsen, A.Brockhaus, M.Kanninen, M.Sills, E.Sunderlin, William D.Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.[La implementación de REDD+: estrategia nacional y opciones de política]La implementación de REDD+: estrategia nacional y opciones de política
Angelsen, A.Brockhaus, M.Kanninen, M.Sills, E.Sunderlin, William D.Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.[Mewujudkan REDD+: strategi nasional dan berbagai pilihan kebijakan]Mewujudkan REDD+: strategi nasional dan berbagai pilihan kebijakan
Angelsen, A.Brockhaus, M.Kanninen, M.Sills, E.Sunderlin, William D.Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.[Réaliser la REDD+: options stratégiques et politiques nationales]Réaliser la REDD+: options stratégiques et politiques nationales

Do improvements in agricultural technology protect or endanger tropical forests? This book examines this controversial issue. It includes both theoretical frameworks for analysing the issue as well as case studies covering a wide range of geographical regions, technologies, market conditions and ...


Angelsen, A.Kaimowitz, D.[Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation]Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation

This paper examines the causes of agricultural land expansion and deforetstion in Tanzania. In the theoretical section, two different -- and partly contradicting -- sets of hypotheses are outlined. These are based on a subsistence approach, emphasising the food or income requirements of farm hous...


Angelsen, A.Shitindi, E.F.K.Aarrestad, Johnstein[Why do farmers expand their land into forests?: theories and evidence form Tanzania]Why do farmers expand their land into forests?: theories and evidence form Tanzania

This chapter attempts to systematically examine some of the main analytical arguments and empirical evidence regarding the impact of technological progress in agriculture on deforestation. Three factors have been highlighted that are important in determining deforestation outcomes: (1) the type o...


Angelsen, A.Kaimowitz, D.[When does technological change in agriculture promote deforestation]When does technological change in agriculture promote deforestation

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.Soest, D.P. vanKaimowitz, D.Bulte, E.[Technological change and deforestation: a theoretical overview]Technological change and deforestation: a theoretical overview

This chapter summarises the key insights from the case studies included in the book. First, it discusses the technology-deforestation link in six different types of cases: developed countries, commodity booms, shifting cultivation, permanent upland (rainfed) agriculture, irrigated (lowland) agric...


Angelsen, A.Kaimowitz, D.[Agricultural technology and forests: a recapitulation]Agricultural technology and forests: a recapitulation

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.Kaimowitz, D.[Introduction: the role of agricultural technologies in tropical deforestation]Introduction: the role of agricultural technologies in tropical deforestation

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