In developing countries across the globe the impact of livestock on deforestation levels has been profound. This paper … inquiries raised in the literature are addressed, including the determinants of the co-evolution of deforestation and cattle …

This paper investigates the direct and indirect impacts of ethanol production on land use, deforestation and food … of direct land competition between rival uses increases deforestation and decreases food production. Second, an indirect … displacement of food production across regions, provoked by a shift in the price of food, increases deforestation and reduces the …