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| Title: | AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL DEFORESTATION |
| Authors: | Mainardi, Stefano |
| Issue Date: | 1998-03 |
| Abstract: | In most developing countries deforestation has reached alarming rates. In view of their relevance
for the local economy (e.g., as a source of foreign exchange earnings and supply of fuelwood), an
adequate management of forest resources should be pursued. In these economies forest
exploitation and land conversion have often been seen as a temporary solution to structural
problems. In this way, however, the same problems are even aggravated in the long run. The
study first reviews recent explanations of tropical deforestation: a distinction is drawn between
areas of substantial agreement on the one hand, and discordant results and interpretations on the
other. In the main part of the analysis, based on cross-country data for the 1980s, regression
models incorporating different sets of determinants of deforestation are applied. Compared to
previous studies, the analysis tries to better account for the sequential timing of some of these
determinants. Different patterns are identified among country groups, according to specific
features of economic activities, macroeconomic and political environments, and climatic
conditions. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/54906 |
| Institution/Association: | Agrekon>Volume 37, Issue 1, March 1998 |
| Total Pages: | 43 |
| From Page: | 23 |
| To Page: | 65 |
| Collections: | Volume 37, Issue 1, March 1998
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