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 …

The forest conservation policy instrument REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is … that it is possible to combine export tariffs with public investments such that deforestation decreases, while agricultural …

Fuelwood collection is often cited as the most important cause of deforestation in developing countries. Use of …

In this article we study the long-run average rate of forest conversion in Brazil. Deforestation results from the … be used in our model. The object of our simulation is Brazil and 27 states. Our aim is to compute under several scenarios … benefits plays a relevant role in deterring deforestation. We find that these benefits, if growing at a sufficiently high rate …

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 …

the share of informal employment. The industry-level results indicate that a rise in import penetration from either China … increasing the interindustry wage premium. The worker-level results suggest that industry-level import penetration from China and …