Abstract The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis dates back in decades and is
still topical presently due to its importance in environmental policy formulation. There are …

Two factors have elevated recent academic and policy interest in tropical deforestation: first,
the realization that it is a major contributor to climate change; and second, a revolution in …

Numerous studies regarding the economic growth-environmental pollution link have
struggled to determine the effects of various forms of energy consumption on environmental …

Although global rates of tropical deforestation remain alarmingly high, they have decreased
over the period 2000–2010, and a handful of tropical developing countries have recently …

Deforestation is a significant environmental problem, contributing to biodiversity loss, land
degradation, soil erosion, and climate change. During the past half-century, the continent of …

This paper investigates the contribution of agricultural output prices and policies to the
reduction in Amazon deforestation in the 2000s. Based on a panel of Amazon municipalities …

Using newly-released and globally available high-resolution remote sensing data on forest
loss, we update the assessment of the cross-country determinants of deforestation in …

Research into land and social-ecological systems science could benefit from improved
clarity in the terminology used for causal analysis and a structured way to make causal …

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) contribute significantly to a rural household's livelihood
in the African semi-arid tropics. This study examines the income from NTFPs and the …

Deforestation and habitat loss are widely expected to precipitate an extinction crisis among
tropical forest species. Humans cause deforestation, and humans living in rural settings …