This paper explores possible strategic interactions between the state and local community in games of tropical forest land appropriation. Three typical cases are discussed, corresponding to a development over time of increased resource competition and market integration. The local response to mor...
Angelsen, A.
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[Playing games in the forest: state-local conflicts of land appropriation]
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Playing games in the forest: state-local conflicts of land appropriation
Common understanding of the causes of land-use and land-cover change is dominated by simplifications which, in turn, underlie many environment-development policies. This article tracks some of the major myths on driving forces of land-cover change and proposes alternative pathways of change that ...
Lambin, E.F.
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Turner, B.L.
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Geist, H.J.
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Agbola, S.J.
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Angelsen, A.
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Bruce, J.W.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Dirzo, R.
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Fischer, G.
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Folke, C.
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[The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths]
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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
This paper analysis the effects of technological change in agriculture on forest clearing by households in developing countries. The possible effects are found to be many and diverse, depending on the type of change and the institutional context. It concludes that agricultural intensification is ...
Soest, D.P. van
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Bulte, E.H.
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Angelsen, A.
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Kooten, G.C. van
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[Technological change and tropical deforestation: a perspective at the household level]
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Technological change and tropical deforestation: a perspective at the household level
Miombo woodlands cover vast areas of southern Africa. Of comparatively little interest for export-oriented commercial logging, they are part of a complex system of rural land use that integrates woodland management with crops and livestock. There is also evidence that woodland resources are exten...
Dewees, P. A.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Katerere, Y.
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Sitoe, A.
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Cunningham, A.B.
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Angelsen, A.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor]
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Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor
This article, which synthesizes the results of more than 140 economic models analyzing the causes of tropical deforestation, raises significant doubts about many conventional hypotheses in the debate about deforestation. More roads, higher agricultural prices, lower wages, and a shortage of off-f...
Angelsen, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models]
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Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models
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.
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Shitindi, E.F.K.
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Aarrestad, Johnstein
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[Why do farmers expand their land into forests?: theories and evidence form Tanzania]
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Why do farmers expand their land into forests?: theories and evidence form Tanzania
Places experience forest transitions when declines in forest cover cease and recoveries in forest cover begin. Forest transitions have occurred in two, sometimes overlapping circumstances. In some places economic development has created enough non-farm jobs to pull farmers off of the land, thereb...
Rudel, Thomas K.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Moran, E.
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Achard, F.
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Angelsen, A.
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Jianchu Xu
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change]
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Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
Bos, A.B.
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Duchelle, Amy E.
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Angelsen, A.
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Avitabile, Valerio
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Sy, V. de
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Herold, Martin
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Joseph, S.
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Sassi, C. de
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Sills, E.O.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Comparing methods for assessing the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives]
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Comparing methods for assessing the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives
Babigumira, R.
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Angelsen, A.
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Buis, M
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Bauch, S.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Forest clearing in rural livelihoods: household-Level global-comparative evidence]
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Forest clearing in rural livelihoods: household-Level global-comparative evidence