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
Policies to effectively reduce deforestation are discussed within a land rent (von Thünen) framework. Thefirst set of policies attempts to reduce the rent of extensive agriculture, either by neglecting extension, marketing, and infrastructure, generating alternative income opportunities, stimulat...
Angelsen, A.
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[Policies for reduced deforestation and their impact on agricultural production]
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Policies for reduced deforestation and their impact on agricultural production
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...
As international concern over tropical deforestation has grown over the last ten years, researchers have sought to understand the causes of deforestation and possible solutions using quantitative economic models. This book reviews the results and methodology of over 150 of these models and synthe...
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 E
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Ainembabazi, John H.
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Wijaya, A.
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Herold, Martin
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Angelsen, A.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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[Exploring different forest definitions and their impact on developing REDD+ reference emission levels: A case study for Indonesia]
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Exploring different forest definitions and their impact on developing REDD+ reference emission levels: A case study for Indonesia
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 ...
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
Hosonuma, N
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Herold, Martin
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Sy, V. de
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Fries, R.S. de
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Brockhaus, M.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Angelsen, A.
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Romijn, E.
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[An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries]
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An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries