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Previous studies of deforestation have focused on agriculture, population and migration, timber exploitation, macroeconomic policies and geographic factors to explain the variability of deforestation rates among countries. This study tests the hypothesis that countries with a high proportion of p...


Sunderlin, William D.Wunder, Sven[The influence of mineral exports on the variability of tropical deforestation]The influence of mineral exports on the variability of tropical deforestation
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

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
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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