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Book Chapter 2002

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Mendez, P. Puntodewo, A. Vanclay, J.K.

This paper applies a spatial economic regression model to analyze the relation between deforestation in the period from 1989 to 1994 and access to roads and markets, ecological conditions, land tenure, and zoning policies in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The data come from a Geographic Information System ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18101

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Mendez, P. ,  Puntodewo, A. ,  Vanclay, J.K. ,  [Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia] ,  Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Journal Article 1999

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Thiele, Graham Pacheco, P.

Bolivia's structural adjustment policies, initiated in 1985, increased poverty among certain groups, but this did not lead to widespread migration to the agricultural frontier. Nor did adjustment greatly affect the average area planted in annual crops by small lowland farmers. Structural adjustme...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18105

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Thiele, Graham ,  Pacheco, P. ,  [The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia] ,  The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia
Book Chapter 2004

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

This chapter examines the policy debate related to the links between forests and water in Central America and the approaches that policymakers and others have used to address the perceived problems, with emphasis on the siltation of large reservoirs. It shows how political, institutional, and tec...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19001

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Useful myths and intractable truths: the politics of the links between forests and water in Central America] ,  Useful myths and intractable truths: the politics of the links between forests and water in Central America
Journal Article 1999

Autor: Angelsen, A. Kaimowitz, D.

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...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18018

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Angelsen, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models] ,  Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models
Book Chapter 1999

Autor: Vanclay, J.K. Kaimowitz, D. Puntodewo, A. Mendez, P.

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...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18097

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Vanclay, J.K. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  Puntodewo, A. ,  Mendez, P. ,  [Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia] ,  Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia
Working Paper 1999

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Pacheco, P. Johnson, J. Pavez, I. Vallejo, C. Velez, R.

This paper evaluates Bolivian's recent experience of giving municipal government a role in forest management. It first provides background information on Bolivia's decentralisation policies, including the 1994 Popular Participatiion Law and the 1996 forestry law. It then presents case studies of ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18199

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Pacheco, P. ,  Johnson, J. ,  Pavez, I. ,  Vallejo, C. ,  Velez, R. ,  [Local governments and forests in the Bolivian lowlands] ,  Local governments and forests in the Bolivian lowlands
Journal Article 2000

Autor: Ndoye, O. Kaimowitz, D.

The paper analyses how macro-economic and agricultural policies, market fluctuations and demographic changes affected forests in the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon in four periods between 1967 and 1997. For each period it examines how these variables influenced cocoa, coffee, food, and agro-indust...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18200

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Ndoye, O. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997] ,  Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997
Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Smith, J.

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...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18226

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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
Book Chapter 1999

Autor: Angelsen, A. Kaimowitz, D.

This paper addresses under what circumstances technological change in agriculture is likely to increase deforestation and when it will decrease it. It identifies four sets of variables that influence these outcomes: the type of technological change involved, the farmers' socio-economic profile, t...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18304

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Angelsen, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Can new technologies in agriculture save the forests?] ,  Can new technologies in agriculture save the forests?
Journal Article 2001

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

This paper looks at four "half-truths" about the relations between forests and water in Central America. The first is that deforestation has reduced rainfall in certain regions of Central America. The second is that forest help to maintain dry season stream flow. The third is that deforestation h...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18437

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Cuatro medio verdales: la relacion bosques y agua en Centroamericana] ,  Cuatro medio verdales: la relacion bosques y agua en Centroamericana

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