discontinuity environment, I find an increase in deforestation of an annual area of 8,057 ha in FSC forests after the certification …. Public sustainability zones' impact on deforestation is also positive but declines over time. The effectiveness of both type …

degradation is rising rapidly. Deforestation of closed forests in recent years has taken place at the fastest rate among major …

villages, we analyze the effects of 115 district splits between 2002 and 2014. Results show a 35% deforestation decline within …

This paper empirically examines the emergence and functioning of land markets and their impacts on deforestation in … Sumatra, Indonesia. While the evolution of land markets is ex-pected to promote deforestation activities by rural households … from forest encroachment. Sec-ond, the emergence of speculative land markets, which could accel-erate deforestation, is …

variations for palm oil. Empirical results document increases of about 4% in deforestation in the year prior to local mayoral … elections on average. Additionally, palm oil plays a crucial role in driving deforestation dynamics. Deforestation rates …

This paper studies the relationship between land tenure for smallholder agriculture and deforestation in Viet Nam. We … combine high resolution satellite data on deforestation with rich household and commune-level, biannual panel data. We study … deforestation holding constant the average intensive tenure (average share of land held in tenure among those with land title). We …

results document substantial increases in deforestation and forest fires in the year prior to local elections. Additionally …, oil palm plays a crucial role in driving deforestation dynamics. Variations in global market prices of palm oil are … closely linked to deforestation in areas which are geo-climatically best suited for growing oil palm and they amplify the …

deforestation and the impact of climate change would rapidly and dramatically reduce the extent of the forest area and its density … short time due to global warming and deforestation combined. This 'die-back' in turn would itself contribute to an … regional climate, examines the evidence about deforestation trends and about the expected impact of climate change over the …

This paper aims to address the impact on deforestation of the use of forest products as safety nets by poor … strategies, crop risk reduction, lower risk aversion and larger population increase tropical deforestation. Forest profitability …