Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation have inspired this paper, which … depleted and expanded, respectively. As a policy implication in the process of deforestation, a balanced approach is needed to …

The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world … a significant cause of deforestation. Using generalised linear mixed models and generalised estimating equations, it was …

of the effects of political institutions and other socioeconomic factors on deforestation. Results show that economic … agricultural sector growth worsen deforestation. In contrast, openness to international trade was observed to reduce deforestation …

Cattle Ranching is the main causes of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region. This paper analyses the proximate … causes of deforestation using linear regressions with panel data. The model evaluates the contribution of the main land uses … for deforestation from 2000 to 2006. Deforestation data from INPE-PRODES, number of heads of cattle, and area of temporary …

Many are the factors indicated by the pertinent literature concerning the causes of deforestation in Brazilian Legal … variables suggested as important that explain the deforestation of the Legal Amazon, in the period from 1997 to 2006. The … empirical evidence that there is a bidirectional causality between deforestation and the areas of permanent and temporary …

The deforestation of the Amazon forest is one of the most important environmental problems faced by the Brazilian … government. The economic literature points to numerous factors responsible for deforestation, and many of these are, directly or … can influence, or mitigate, Amazonian deforestation. The state of Pará is used as a case study, as it presents the highest …

To tackle the high rate of deforestation in Indonesia's production forests, a new type of licence was introduced in …