Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil … frequently dominated by widely held beliefs concerning the extent of deforestation (that it is large and growing over time), and … its impacts on local livelihoods (that these are adverse and large). Views concerning determinants of deforestation …

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

Motivated by tropical deforestation, we analyze (i) a novel theory of resource extraction, (ii) the optimal …'s presence may induce institutional change. Deforestation can be legal or illegal in the model: each district decides how much to …

Indonesia now has the highest deforestation rate in the world, with an average increase of about 47,600 ha per year. As … small amount focuses on the relationship between migration and deforestation. Migration may contribute to the forest cover … investigates the relationship between recent in-migration and deforestation in Indonesia. By combining available population census …