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.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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Ndoye, O.
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[Economic crises, small farmers and forest cover in Cameroon and Indonesia]
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Economic crises, small farmers and forest cover in Cameroon and Indonesia
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...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[Cuatro medio verdales: la relacion bosques y agua en Centroamericana]
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Cuatro medio verdales: la relacion bosques y agua en Centroamericana
A widespread belief among development and forest researchers and practitioners holds that technological progress in tropical agriculture is good for forest conservation. Higher yield enables farmers to produce the same amount of food on less agricultural land. The alternative view suggests that p...
The contributions that non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can make to rural livelihoods, and the fact that their use is less ecologically destructive than timber harvesting, have encouraged the belief that more intensive management of forests for such products could contribute to both development...
Arnold, J.E.M.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?]
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Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?
DeFries, R.
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Achard, F.
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Brown, S.
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Herold, Martin
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Schlamadinger, B.
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Souza, C. de
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[Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries: Considerations for monitoring and measuring]
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries: Considerations for monitoring and measuring
The Amazon is the largest tropical forest area on earth, and has been undergoing rapid deforestation for the last four decades. In the Brazilian Amazon, large-scale pasture for cattle ranching and soybean production are the main land uses, leading to a yearly deforestation rate of 0.5%. These con...
Mertens, B.
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Poccard-Chapuis, R.
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Piketty, M.G.
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Lacques, A.E.
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Venturieri, A.
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[Crossing spatial analyses and livestock economics to understand deforestation processes in the Brazilian Amazon: the case of Sao Felix do Xingu in South Para]
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Crossing spatial analyses and livestock economics to understand deforestation processes in the Brazilian Amazon: the case of Sao Felix do Xingu in South Para
This chapter analyses the causes of deforestation and forest degradation in the Bolivian Amazon. The study predicated on the assumption that the factors involved have less to do with the forest sector itself than with events that take place within the country's political, economic, and social are...
This book presents an empirical analysis of the development processes and the economic of Brazilian Amazon deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. It presents summary statistics and analyse trends for a number of important variables as well as developing econome...
Andersen, L.E.
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Granger, C.W.J.
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Reis, E.J.
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Weinhold, D.
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Wunder, Sven
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[The dynamic of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon]
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The dynamic of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon
The article reviews some of the critical issues for including Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) into a new global climate agreement. Four different REDD models (regimes) are discussed based on two dimensions: scale (national vs. project) and funding (market vs. fu...
Center for International Forestry Research
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[Oil, macroeconomics and forests: lessons for Central Africa]
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Oil, macroeconomics and forests: lessons for Central Africa