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A Spatiotemporal Model of Forest Cover Dynamics and Household Land Use Decisions by Subsistence Farmers in Southern Cameroon
Brown, Douglas R. - 2013
permanence of land clearing (deforestation or temporary clearing). Even though subsistence households act independently, their … that is able to mimic the spatial patterns (mosaic) of land use typical of subsistence agriculture in southern Cameroon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069239
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Drivers of households' land-use decisions : a critical review of micro-level studies in tropical regions
Hettig, Elisabeth; Lay, Jann; Sipangule, Kacana - 2015
Keywords: land-use change, farm households, deforestation, meta-analysis, micro-level … countries. This is surprising, since evi-dence hints at high deforestation rates in South-East Asia due to logging activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325625
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Logging concessions, certification & protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon : forest impacts from combinations of development rights & land-use restrictions
Rico, Jimena; Panlasigui, Stephanie; Loucks, Colby J.; … - 2018
In this paper, we use geospatial data and difference-in-differences models to identify the deforestation effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894112
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Losing territory : the effect of administrative splits on land use in the tropics
Cisneros Tersitsch, Marco Elías; Kis-Katos, Krisztina; … - 2023
villages, we analyze the effects of 115 district splits between 2002 and 2014. Results show a 35% deforestation decline within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442320
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Ecological and socio-economic effects of industrial oil palm plantations in Southwest Cameroon
Kupsch, Denis - 2020
Rural agroforestry landscapes in West and Central Africa face a number of threats. Since decades, the ever escalating bushmeat crisis is pushing populations of threatened wildlife closer to extinction in many parts of West and Central Africa. In addition, population growth and economic needs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253883
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Land rights, agricultural productivity, and deforestation in Viet Nam
Abman, Ryan; Carney, Conor - 2018
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894307
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Rain Follows the Forest : Land Use Policy, Climate Change, and Adaptation
Grosset, Florian; Papp, Anna; Taylor, Charles - 2023
Human actions can alter the local and regional climate, particularly via land use. We assess the impact of the Great Plains Shelterbelt, a large-scale forestation program in the 1930s which planted 220 million trees across six US Midwestern states. The program led to a regional increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262903
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Effects of protected areas on forest cover change and local communities : evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
Miranda, Juan José; Corral, Leonardo; Blackman, Allen; … - 2014
Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether 'win-win'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289495
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Beyond REDD+ readiness : land-use governance to reduce deforestation in Peru
Robiglio, Valentina; Armas, Angel Daniel; Aguad, … - In: Climate policy 14 (2014) 6, pp. 734-747
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303161
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Complex tenure and deforestation : implications for conservation incentives in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Holland, Margaret B.; Koning, Free de; Morales, Manuel; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 55 (2014), pp. 21-36
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358428