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Effects of oil palm expansion and other related land-use changes on the livelihoods of rural households in Indonesia
Bou Dib, Jonida - 2018
The demand for agricultural land is globally increasing due to population growth and dietary diversification. As the availability of agricultural land is limited, much of the cropland expansion is occurring at the expense of tropical forests. During the past few decades, oil palm has become one...
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Environmental, economic, and social consequences of the oil palm boom
Qaim, Matin; Sibhatu, Kibrom T.; Siregar, Hermanto; … - In: Annual review of resource economics 12 (2020), pp. 321-344
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Migration and deforestation in Indonesia
Darmawan, Rivayani; Klasen, Stephan; Nuryartono, Nunung - 2015
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 …
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Migration and deforestation in Indonesia
Darmawan, Rivayani; Klasen, Stephan; Nuryartono, Nunung - 2016
Abstract: Indonesia now has the highest deforestation rate in the world, with an average increase of about 47,600 ha … small amount focuses on the relation-ship 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 …
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Busting the boom-bust pattern of development in the Brazilian Amazon
Caviglia-Harris, Jill L.; Sills, Erin O.; Bell, Andrew; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 79 (2016), pp. 82-96
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Challenges for sustainable development in Brazilian Amazonia
Fearnside, Philip Martin - In: Sustainable development 26 (2018) 2, pp. 141-149
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Agricultural productivity and forest conservation : evidence from the Brazilian Amazon
Koch, Nikolas; Ermgassen, Erasmus K. H. J. zu; Wehkamp, … - In: American journal of agricultural economics 101 (2019) 3, pp. 919-940
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Biome composition in deforestation deterrence and GHG emissions in Brazil
Ferreira Filho, Joaquim Bento de Souza; Horridge, Mark - 2017
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The double fence: overlapping institutions and deforestation in the Colombian Amazon
Rios Rueda, Camilo de los - 2020
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From extractivism and illegalities to a circular bioeconomy in the amazon region
Denny, Danielle Mendes Thame; Martins, Michelle Márcia … - In: Revista tempo do mundo (2021) 27, pp. 127-164
The Amazon is a vast region, but with many shortcomings. It presents one of the worst human development indicators in … Brazil. This article shows that while the Amazon does not have an adequate policy to make the region economically viable … the region's economic development and there is an urgent need to preserve nature and increase the Amazon population …
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