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 …

Tropical deforestation has environmental consequences at local, regional and global scales. The Brazilian Amazon …'s deforestation resulted largely from conversion to farmland by landholders. These conversions caused deforestation that researchers … these methods to validate survey-based deforestation levels with remote-sensing information. We determine household …

, inadequately defined property rights clearly play a central role as a potential source of excessive deforestation. While property … rights are important, the implementation and enforcement of property rights will not in itself resolve the deforestation … the long-time residents reside experience less deforestation, independent of property rights. We conclude with a …

, inadequately defined property rights clearly play a central role as a potential source of excessive deforestation. While property … rights are important, the implementation and enforcement of property rights will not in itself resolve the deforestation … the long-time residents reside experience less deforestation, independent of property rights. We conclude with a …