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 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 …