context of actions to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). First a simple analytical model of …

financing, namely seigniorage and deforestation revenues. First, we develop a theoretical model emphasizing a substitution … effect between seigniorage and deforestation revenues. Second, a panel-data econometric analysis over the 1990-2010 period … confirms our findings. Consequently, a tighter monetary policy hastens deforestation. Third, we extend the theoretical model …

Protected areas are increasingly used as a tool to fight against deforestation. This paper presents new evidence on the … in two steps. First, we assumed that protected areas are created to stop the negative effects of deforestation on … creation of protected areas. Our results show (i) that deforestation activities of neighboring municipalities are complements …

national Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+ (REDD+) programs will need to recognize underlying land …

This paper investigates the mechanisms determining spatial interactions in deforestation, and its transmission channels …, using data from Brazil. Our preliminary results confirm the hypothesis that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is … characterized by complementarity, meaning that deforestation in a particular municipality tends to increase deforestation in its …

deforestation rates. Consequently, there exists a substitution effect between deforestation rates and seigniorage. Empirical …

This paper focuses on the impact of property rights insecurity on deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon …. Deforestation is considered as a risk management strategy: property rights insecurity reduces the present value of forests and … fosters forest conversion into agricultural and pasture lands. Moreover, deforestation is the consequence of strategic …

Parties (COP) on climate change increased political commitment to reduce emission from deforestation and degradation and to …