What has driven deforestation in developing countries since the 2000s? Evidence from new remote-sensing data

A Leblois, O Damette, J Wolfersberger - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Relationship between openness to trade and deforestation: Empirical evidence from the Brazilian Amazon

WR Faria, AN Almeida - Ecological Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the objectives of this paper is to investigate how international trade has affected the
dynamics of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon at the level of the municipality. This …

Utilizing causal diagrams across quasi‐experimental approaches

S Arif, MA MacNeil - Ecosphere, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in computer science have substantially advanced the use of
observational causal inference under Pearl's structural causal model (SCM) framework. A …

PES impact and leakages over several cohorts: the case of the PSA-H in Yucatan, Mexico

G Le Velly, A Sauquet, S Cortina-Villar - Land Economics, 2017 - le.uwpress.org
We assess the impact of the PSA-H, a payment for environmental services scheme
implemented in Mexico over the 2005–2012 period. By studying several cohorts of program …

Deforestation, leakage and avoided deforestation policies: A spatial analysis

P Delacote, EJZ Robinson, S Roussel - Resource and Energy Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the impact of several avoided deforestation policies within a patchy
forested landscape. Central is the idea that one neighbour's deforestation actions may …

Assessing drivers and deterrents of deforestation in Mexico through a public policy tool. The adequacy of the index of economic pressure for deforestation

D Figueroa, JM Galeana-Pizaña, JM Núñez… - Forest Policy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The public forest policy's response to the threat of deforestation in Mexico has relied on
different environmental tools for forest management, conservation, and survival. The present …

[PDF][PDF] Remote-sensing evidence about national deforestation rates in developing countries: what can be learned from the last decade

A Leblois - Reference Module in Earth Systems and …, 2018 - antoine.leblois.free.fr
In the present article, I review the literature about the determinants of deforestation (with a
focus on developing countries) and shows descriptive statistics of recent deforestation (2000 …

Design Concerns for Agricultural Soil Carbon Markets: An Economic Research Agenda

K Larson - … Defense Fund Economics Discussion Paper Series …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
The market for agricultural soil carbon credits has grown exponentially in recent years,
opening up a new set of opportunities and risks in the fight against climate change …

The effectiveness of payments for environmental services in Mexican Community Forests

G Le Velly - 2015 - theses.hal.science
During recent years, Payments for Environmental Services (PES) have become a popular
forest conservation instrument and numerous new schemes have emerged around the …

[HTML][HTML] Soluções para o desenvolvimento sustentável da Amazônia

V Viana, E Torres, A Val, V Salviati - Ciência e Cultura, 2014 - cienciaecultura.bvs.br
Um dos principais desafios para a promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável é encontrar
soluções práticas e economicamente viáveis. Isso se aplica tanto na escala global quanto …