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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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deforestation in the Amazon. A decade after the initiative was launched, however, little is known about its effects on deforestation …. This study investigated the spatio-temporal dynamics of deforestation at the palm oil agribusiness pole in the Brazil … deforestation was strongly influenced by the spatial and temporal structure. Variables such as pasture area (before the policy …
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Deforestation is one of many factors that hinder smallholder farmers' participation in sustainable palm oil (SPO … mitigating deforestation. To do so, we used an incentivized experiment which creates a conflict of short-term individual … interests and long-term collective interests regarding deforestation. We examined the effects of three policies: price premiums …
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