This paper investigates the impact of structural adjustment policies on deforestation taking place when the … agricultural frontier advances into forest reserves in Nicaragua. A computable general equilibrium model incorporating … deforestation by squatters is used for policy simulations. The opportunity cost of migrating to the frontier does not simply depend …

Although protected areas, or “parks”, are among the leading policy tools used to stem tropical deforestation, rigorous … relatively little deforestation—have only recently begun to appear. An important open question is how the stringency of … in a single large park: the two million hectare Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR) in Guatemala. Our results run counter to the …

, intensity, and inequality) in Nicaragua as well as the gender differentials. We also estimate logit regres- sions to better … significant gender differences in multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua; but, they are estimated to be small and lower than 5 …

-sensitive framework, which is applied to the case of Nicaragua. Overall, we find that in this country, multidimensional poverty decreased … distributed in 2001 than in 2014. These findings suggest that progress in multidimensional poverty reduction in Nicaragua seems to …

Indonesia now has the highest deforestation rate in the world, with an average increase of about 47,600 ha per year. As … small amount focuses on the relationship between migration and deforestation. Migration may contribute to the forest cover … investigates the relationship between recent in-migration and deforestation in Indonesia. By combining available population census …

Much of the guidance about potential impacts of reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) speculates …