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Wunder, Sven[Oil wealth and the fate of the forest: linking resource booms, macroeconomics, and the environment]Oil wealth and the fate of the forest: linking resource booms, macroeconomics, and the environment

The purpose of this lecture note is to summarise different research results about the impact of macro-level factors and “extra-sectoral” policies on tropical forest cover. Specifically, we are interested in the forest margins - i.e. the spatial transition zone between tropical forests and convert...


Wunder, SvenVerbist, B.[The impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on frontier deforestation]The impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on frontier deforestation
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Gabon’s oil wealth coincides with the fact that it is one of the most forested countries in Africa; about four-fifths of its land area is covered by forests. But this is not really a coincidence. The central hypothesis of this report is that oil rents have enabled a series of pro-urban, anti-rura...


Wunder, Sven[When the Dutch disease met the French connection: oil, macroeconomics and forests in Gabon]When the Dutch disease met the French connection: oil, macroeconomics and forests in Gabon
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Gabon’s oil wealth coincides with the fact that it is one of the most forested countries in Africa; about four-fifths of its land area is covered by forests. But this is not really a coincidence. The central hypothesis of this report is that oil rents have enabled a series of pro-urban, anti-rura...


Wunder, Sven[Quand le syndrome Neerlandais: petrole, macroeconomie et forets au Gabon]Quand le syndrome Neerlandais: petrole, macroeconomie et forets au Gabon
Autor: Wunder, Sven

This study analyzes how long-run macroeconomic fluctuations have affected timber production levels in five tropical oil-producing countries: Gabon, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Venezuela, and Ecuador. The core hypothesis is that oil booms, foreign borrowing and other major foreign exchange i...


Wunder, Sven[Macroeconomic change, competitiveness and timber production: a five-country comparison]Macroeconomic change, competitiveness and timber production: a five-country comparison

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
Autor: Wunder, Sven

A main target of environmental campaigns to save the rainforest has been to stop oil operations from damaging tropical forests. However, there is more to the oil-and-forest story than meets the eye. A comprehensive study of long-run land use changes in eight tropical oil-producing countries shows...


Wunder, Sven[Does oil wealth help conserve the forests?]Does oil wealth help conserve the forests?
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Oil production can damage rainforests, but this is just one side of a complicated story about the impact of oil on land use. This book a study of eight tropical oil-producing countries, examines the linkages between trade, macroeconomics and policies affecting the environment. In a balanced and c...


Wunder, Sven[Oil wealth and the fate of forest: a comparative study of eight tropical countries]Oil wealth and the fate of forest: a comparative study of eight tropical countries

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