Deforestation in the North western part of Pakistan is a long standing problem. The Forestry Department, as formal … process has not resulted in less deforestation. From the policy perspective this has been leading to stated intentions to … statutory law. In this article we explore the mechanisms behind the deforestation and try to uncover mechanisms to reverse the …

of deforestation. Interestingly, we show that uncertainty, even if it induces conversion postponement in the short …-run, increases the average rate of deforestation and reduces expected time for total conversion in the long run. Finally, we … illustrate our findings through some numerical simulations. -- Optimal Stopping ; Deforestation ; Payments for Environmental …

In this paper we aim at theoretically grounding the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation … incomplete information about reference levels of deforestation as well as exogenous implementation and transaction costs, we … compare two types of contracts: a deforestation performance-based contract and a conditional avoided deforestation …

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 …