Tropical forests are estimated to release approximately 1.7 PgC per year as a result of deforestation. Avoiding … tropical deforestation could potentially play a significant role in carbon mitigation over the next 50 years if not longer …. Many policymakers and negotiators are skeptical of our ability to reduce deforestation effectively. They fear that if …

Australian Agency for International Development, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and the World Bank confirmed their …

’s forests. This report examines the available evidence on the impacts of the crisis on deforestation and land use in the … sectors. (c) The primary mechanism through which deforestation trends are likely to have been affected is through changes in … source of concern. (d) There is little evidence to support the more alarmist fears of vastly accelerated deforestation …

This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First …, an overview about deforestation in Guatemala from 1950-2000 is provided, and the relationship between deforestation and … biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some underlying causes of deforestation are examined. While caution is needed about many …

This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First …, an overview about deforestation in Guatemala from 1950-2000 is provided, and the relationship between deforestation and … biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some underlying causes of deforestation are examined. While caution is needed about many …

With an estimated loss of up to 20 million ha of forest over the past decade, deforestation in Indonesia has come to …

This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First …, an overview about deforestation in Guatemala from 1950-2000 is provided, and the relationship between deforestation and … biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some underlying causes of deforestation are examined. While caution is needed about many …

those who bear the costs of deforestation, either by travelling long distances, or by buying all their firewood, are more …

, however, has the expected effect of increasing agricultural land use and the rate of deforestation. Furthermore, our out of …