More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow … rising land productivity of cattle increase deforestation? I use secondary data and spatial econometrics to look for evidence … of a positive relation between cattle intensification and deforestation (‘rebound effect'). The reduced-form model I …

deforestation and forest degradation. Deforestation emissions are partly offset by forest expansion and increases in growing stock … primarily in the extra-tropical north. Innovative financial mechanisms would be required to help reducing deforestation. Using a … schemes and payment modalities on deforestation. One payment modality is adding costs for carbon emission, the other is to pay …

Discussions over tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront of climate change policy negotiations at … national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes the effects of linking Reduced Emissions from Deforestation …-energy-economy model with alternative cost estimates for reducing deforestation emissions in order to examine a global program for …

In this article we study the long-run average rate of forest conversion in Brazil. Deforestation results from the … benefits plays a relevant role in deterring deforestation. We find that these benefits, if growing at a sufficiently high rate … deforestation. We indicate the Brazilian states where forests are expected to be saturated earlier. In this respect, we find that …

The forest conservation policy instrument REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is … that it is possible to combine export tariffs with public investments such that deforestation decreases, while agricultural …