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
The debates over sustainable development put environmental issues squarely on the policy agendas of nations around the world. Throughout, the fate of the forest occupied center stage, and domestic and international pressure induced many developing nations to reform their forest policy, which freq...
Silva, E.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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Bojanic, A.
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Ekoko, F.
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Manurung, T.
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Pavez, I.
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[Making the law of the jungle: the reform of forest legislation in Bolivia, Cameroon, and Indonesia]
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Making the law of the jungle: the reform of forest legislation in Bolivia, Cameroon, and Indonesia
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
Since the end of the 1990s, municipal governments are increasingly adopting a pro-environment/pro-forest discourse in Amazonia. In most cases, a strengthening of the local administrative and technical agencies that deal with environment, forest, and land use follows this change in the discourse. ...
Toni, F.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[O papel dos municipios na gestao florestal: licoes dos estudos de caso]
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O papel dos municipios na gestao florestal: licoes dos estudos de caso