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applied over the course of the coming century shows that although some deforestation is optimal in the near term, in the … absence of climate change regulation, the desirability of further deforestation is eliminated by mid-century. Although adverse … prices lead to significant deforestation and higher greenhouse gas emissions than in the baseline. Imposition of a global …
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, continues degrading by rapid deforestation, which is expected to continue despite policies to prevent it. Current international …, lending support to international efforts to reduce deforestation in the Amazon …
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deforestation, pollution, and carbon intensities. Per capita emissions follow a $J$-curve. Specifically, poverty reduction occurs …
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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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This paper develops and applies a spatial econometric model that links road upgrading to forest clearing and biodiversity loss in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The paper uses 500-meter cells to estimate the relationship between the rate of forest clearing in a cell and its distance to...
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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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under the United Nations Collaborative Program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing …
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A significant portion of the world?s forests that are eligible for Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest …
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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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