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A preliminary insight into how structural adjustment policies (SAPs) may have affected deforestation and forest degradation in the lowland tropical forests of Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia. It presents tentative hypotheses regarding how changes in prices, costs, incomes and government services ...


Kaimowitz, D.Erwidodo.Ndoye, O.Pacheco, P.Balanza, P.P.Sunderlin, William D.[Considering the impact of structural adjustment policies on forests in Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia]Considering the impact of structural adjustment policies on forests in Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia

This case study analyses origins and causes of decentralisation in Bolivia, how the process has affected tropical forest management, and initial impacts of decentralisation on distribution of benefits from forests. Impact of the Popular Participation Law of 1994, which bolstered municipal governm...


Kaimowitz, D.Flores, G.Johnson, J.Pacheco, P.Pavez, I.Roper, J.M.Vallejos, C.Velez, R.[Local government and biodiversity conservation: a case from the Bolivian lowlands]Local government and biodiversity conservation: a case from the Bolivian lowlands

This book looks at the role of municipal governments in lowland Bolivia in forest management since passage of a popular participation law in 1994 and a new forestry law in 1996. It covers issues related to logging, protected area management, land use planning, indigenous territories, and non-timb...


Balanza, P.P.Kaimowitz, D.[Municipios y gestion forestal en el tropico Boliviano]Municipios y gestion forestal en el tropico Boliviano

A GIS compiled by the Departmental Government of Santa Cruz, Bolivia offers data that may help to resolve some competing theories of tropical deforestation. The GIS contains many attributes relating to land use at two points in time, 1989 and 1994, and allow us to address questions like: What has...


Vanclay, J.K.Kaimowitz, D.Puntodewo, A.Mendez, P.[Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia]Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia

This paper looks at the impact of the introduction of new soybean technologies on the clearing of natural vegetation (forest and savanna) in southern Brazil, the Brazilian Cerrado, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The paper looks at how technological change interacted with other government policies and e...


Kaimowitz, D.Smith, J.[Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia]Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia

This paper applies a broad-brush perspective to forestry research, innovation and research capacity in developing countries and the impacts linked to it. The authors reflect upon successes and failures in the hope of improving the focus and relevance of future efforts and highlight emerging resea...


Spilsbury, M.J.Kaimowitz, D.[Forestry research, innovation and impact in developing countries - from economic efficiency to the broader public good]Forestry research, innovation and impact in developing countries - from economic efficiency to the broader public good

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
Ndoye, O.Kaimowitz, D.[Impact of macroeconomic and agricultural policies on forest condition in Cameroon, 1967-1997]Impact of macroeconomic and agricultural policies on forest condition in Cameroon, 1967-1997

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