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A rainforest can be modeled as a dynamic asset subject to various risks, including risk of fire. Any small part of the forest can be in one of two states: either untouched by forest fire, or already damaged by fire, in which case there is both a local forest loss and increased dryness over a...
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A spatial econometric model is used to link road upgrading to forest clearing and biodiversity loss in the moist tropical forests of Bolivia, Cameroon, and Myanmar. Using 250-meter cells, the model estimates the relationship between the rate of forest clearing in a cell and its distance to the...
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under the United Nations Collaborative Program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing …
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Road construction has often been viewed as the precursor to deforestation, especially in tropical forests. Traditional … aspects of the literature. First, it provides the most recent and reliable estimates of the drivers of deforestation in the …
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The Amazon rainforest, the world's largest and most biodiverse, represents a global public good of which 15 percent has already been lost. The worldwide value of preserving the remaining forest is today unknown. A "Delphi" exercise was conducted
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International policies to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) envisage the creation of …
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This report examines the cocoa supply chain, its associated deforestation, and the role and limitations of … certification schemes to reduce deforestation. The deforestation-related commitments from cocoa companies are analyzed across the … limitations that exacerbate deforestation. Finally, a vision for zero-deforestation cocoa with key principles and strategies is …
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deforestation (by 29 percent compared to controls), with effects being larger for those that have been in the program the longest … of the United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. The data also show that …
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deforestation, pollution, and carbon intensities. Per capita emissions follow a 'J'-curve. Specifically, poverty reduction occurs …
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