The paper estimates how much of the amazon deforestation is due to the consumption of goods and services from … households who live within the amazon region itself, comparing it to deforestation driven by consumers who live outside amazon … deforestation they drive. Results show that even though local population from the Amazon region represents only 13% of total …

paces of deforestation. Using both analytical and econometric frameworks, this paper evaluates the causes of deforestation … government expenditure on transport have played important roles as stimulators for deforestation as well as an inertial process … of deforestation has taken place. The article ends by suggesting some policies to restrain deforestation without reducing …