Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil … frequently dominated by widely held beliefs concerning the extent of deforestation (that it is large and growing over time), and … its impacts on local livelihoods (that these are adverse and large). Views concerning determinants of deforestation …

A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A …

The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world … deforestation. Using generalized linear mixed models and generalised estimating equations, we were able to calculate expected …

This study explores the effect of trade openness on deforestation. Previous studies do not find a clear effect of trade … openness on deforestation. We use updated data on the annual rate of deforestation for 142 countries from 1990 to 2003, treat … an increase in trade openness increases deforestation for non-OECD countries while slowing down deforestation for OECD …

Deforestation, it may be necessary for Mexico to make complementary investments in Land improvements, especially for existing …

Deforestation remains one of the most intractable environmental problems of today. Pakistan also faces serious problem … analyse the state’s role in it. Putting the entire burden of deforestation on ‘other factors’ shifts attention away from more … focus attention on this important factor behind deforestation - the role of state in forest degradation in Pakistan. …

Individual countries considering participating in a Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD …) mechanism need information on what it would cost them to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and how to … the country would benefit from such sales; (iii) how they might be able to actually reduce deforestation so as to generate …

they can achieve. The present paper, elucidates the issue of deforestation and degradation in reserved forests of Assam in …