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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between macroeconomic policies and industrial forestry developments in Zimbabwe. A principal rationale for the emphasis on macroeconomic aspects is that the macroeconomy provides underlying factors in forestry development. The paper demo...


Kowero, G.S.Mabugu, R.[Macroeconomic policies and industrial wood processing and trade in Zimbabwe]Macroeconomic policies and industrial wood processing and trade in Zimbabwe
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

The literature on deforestation in Malawi points to a number of causes, including high population in relation to available land, poverty, market and policy failures, drought, and the activity of structural adjustment policies. Agricultural statistics from Malawi indicate substantial increases in ...


Mindle, I.J.Kowero, G.S.Ngugi, D.Luhanga, J.[Agricultural land expansion and deforestation in Malawi]Agricultural land expansion and deforestation in Malawi

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

Reduced river runoff and expected upstream infrastructural developments are both potential threats to irrigation water availability for the downstream countries in Central Asia. Although it has been recurrently mentioned that a reduction in water supply will hamper irrigation in the downstream co...


Bekchanov, MaksudLamers, J.P.A.[Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)]Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)

Few generalizations are currently possible about the effectiveness of local forest management, owing to a lack of common terms and concepts with which to compare the wide range of practices employed. This paper proposes a conceptual framework and typology based on four dimensions which affect the...


Wollenberg, Eva K.[A conceptual framework and typology for explaining the outcomes of local forest management]A conceptual framework and typology for explaining the outcomes of local forest management

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

This paper dicusses the potential impacts of macroeconomic policies on forestry in Zimbabwe. Over the period 1980-2001, macroeconomic policies have swung from a centrally controlled economy to a liberalized economy. In general, Zimbabwe's experience suggests tha macroeconomic policies have had ne...


Mabugu, R.Kowero, G.S.[Macroeconomic policies and forestry in Zimbabwe]Macroeconomic policies and forestry in Zimbabwe

This study characterised plant regeneration in four old logging roads (700-1 000 m long) in selectively logged forests in lowland Costa Rica, 12-17 years after abandonment. Sets of 4 m2 plots were laid out at 20 m intervals in three distinct microhabitats: road track (topsoil eliminated), road ed...


Guariguata, M.R.Manuel, R.Dupuy, J.M.[Forest regeneration in abandoned logging roads in lowland Costa Rica]Forest regeneration in abandoned logging roads in lowland Costa Rica
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?

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