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Journal Article 2002

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

This paper reviews the shifts in thinking as reflected in eight recent books that discuss deforestation in the Amazon. It looks first at whether the land uses that replace forests are profitable and sustainable without subsidies and then examines how technology, tenure, credit, and roads affect d...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18571

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Amazon deforestation revisited] ,  Amazon deforestation revisited
Journal Article 2004

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

Asian policymakers need to know how changes in land uses and practices related to forests affect flooding, dry season stream flow, and water quality. Based on their beliefs about these relations, policymakers often ban logging or introduce expensive projects. Many key stakeholders believe that lo...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19080

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Forests and water: a policy perspective] ,  Forests and water: a policy perspective
Journal Article 2008

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Angelsen, A.

Researchers have long argued that improved livestock technologies and intensification will reduce the pressure on Latin America's forests. This article combines economic theory with insights from seven case studies to examine under what conditions technological change will reduce (or increase) fo...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/20159

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Angelsen, A. ,  [Will livestock intensification help save Latin America's tropical forest?] ,  Will livestock intensification help save Latin America's tropical forest?
Journal Article 2004

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

This paper analyzes geo-referenced data to elucidate the relations between deforestation and access to roads and markets, attributes of the physical environment, land tenure, and zoning policies in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It presents separate models for Santa Cruz as a whole and for seven different ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19087

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Mertens, B. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  Puntodewo, A. ,  Vanclay, J.K. ,  Mendez, P. ,  [Modeling deforestation at distinct geographic scales and time periods in Santa Cruz, Bolivia] ,  Modeling deforestation at distinct geographic scales and time periods in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Journal Article 1998

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Erwidodo. Ndoye, O. Pacheco, P. Balanza, P.P. Sunderlin, William D.

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 ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/17944

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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
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
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
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
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
Journal Article 1997

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

Determinants of low deforestation in Bolivia are analysed, based on the Bolivian experience and general deforestation literature, and lessons are drawn for other countries with low deforestation. Weak domestic demand for agricultural products and poor transportation infrastructure are the princip...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/17676

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Factors determining low deforestation: the Bolivian Amazon] ,  Factors determining low deforestation: the Bolivian Amazon

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