Fires are considered a potential threat to sustainable development for their direct impacts on ecosystems, their contribution to carbon emissions, and impacts on biodiversity. In 1997/98, Indonesia had the most severe fires worldwide, and smoke haze pollution recurs yearly. The fire-related polic...
Tacconi, L.
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[Kebakaran hutan di Indonesia: penyebab, biaya dan implikasi kebijakan]
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Kebakaran hutan di Indonesia: penyebab, biaya dan implikasi kebijakan
A paper published in Ecological Economics [Varma, A. 2003. The economics of slash and burn: a case study of the 1997–1998 Indonesian forest fires. Ecological Economics 46,159–171] claims to show that slash and burn agriculture is socially inefficient and should be banned. However, its conclusions...
Illegal logging is a cause for widespread concern. It has negative environmental impacts, results in the loss of forest products used by rural communities, creates conflicts, and causes significant losses of tax revenues that could be used for development activities. The Nature Conservancy and Wo...
Tacconi, L.
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Obidzinski, K.
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Agung, F.
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[Learning lessons to promote forest certification and control illegal logging in Indonesia]
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Learning lessons to promote forest certification and control illegal logging in Indonesia
Fires are considered a potential threat to sustainable development for their direct impacts on ecosystems, their contribution to carbon emissions, and impacts on biodiversity. In 1997/98, Indonesia had the most severe fires worldwide, and smoke haze pollution recurs yearly. The fire-related polic...