The production of charcoal to meet cooking needs of urban households is one of the main causes of deforestation and … reduction in deforestation. We also investigate the impact of the stoves on cooking time of women, who are the default cooks of … deforestation of 0.04 ha/household/year. However, providing subsidies for stove purchases resulted in a larger reduction in charcoal …

We review claims linking both payments for carbon and poverty to deforestation. We examine these effects empirically … deforestation. We find significant effects of the relative returns to forest on deforestation rates. Thus, carbon payments would … implementation to allow credits from avoided deforestation, such benefits are likely to be limited …

tropical forests. Key facets include deforestation driven by agricultural expansion, timber and wood extraction, the loss of …