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How does an oil boom affect the forest cover of tropical oil exporting-countries? Are they more or less likely than non-oil countries to experience forest loss? What macro-economic linkages and policies are decisive? This article summarises research on land-use changes in eight tropical developin...


Wunder, SvenSunderlin, William D.[Oil, macroeconomics, and forests: assessing the linkages]Oil, macroeconomics, and forests: assessing the linkages

Integration of information from household surveys and data on land-cover changes derived from remote sensing helps to understand the causes and processes of land-use/land-cover changes. A household survey covering 552 households in 33 villages was carried out in the East Province of Cameroon. Thi...


Mertens, B.Sunderlin, William D.Ndoye, O.Lambin, E.F.[Impact of macroeconomic change on deforestation in South Cameroon: integration of household survey and remotely-sensed data]Impact of macroeconomic change on deforestation in South Cameroon: integration of household survey and remotely-sensed data

Cameroon and Indonesia are two countries that have received much attention in the literature on tropical deforestation. Both have also experienced devastating economic crises and subsequent macroeconomic adjustment policies. Through a contrast of the two countries' experiences, this chapter explo...


Sunderlin, William D.Resosudarmo, I.A.P.Ndoye, O.[Economic crises, small farmers and forest cover in Cameroon and Indonesia]Economic crises, small farmers and forest cover in Cameroon and Indonesia

Dating from 1986 when a devastating economic crisis began, the rate of deforestation has increased significantly in the humid forest zone of Cameroon. Research was conducted in 1997-98 to know how the crisis has affected socioeconomic conditions, and how these changes have in turn affected forest...


Sunderlin, William D.Pokam, J.[Economic crisis and forest cover change in Cameroon: the role of migration, crop diversification, and gender division labor]Economic crisis and forest cover change in Cameroon: the role of migration, crop diversification, and gender division labor

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