This paper explores China’s role in deforestation in Latin America. Brazil’s Amazon region contains vast natural … resources. The paper examines how China influences deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia in a variety of ways, including through … rise in exports of soy and beef products to China are two of the major drivers of Amazonian deforestation in Brazil. The …

equilibrium model of the world economy. The main results show that deforestation emissions in Brazil can be reduced at very low …, including actions to cut emissions from deforestation and agricultural production. We employ a dynamic-recursive general … carbon taxes on agricultural production indirectly reduce deforestation rates. However, directly cutting emissions from …

Protected areas are increasingly used as a tool to fight against deforestation. This paper presents new evidence on the … in two steps. First, we assumed that protected areas are created to stop the negative effects of deforestation on … creation of protected areas. Our results show (i) that deforestation activities of neighboring municipalities are complements …

Brazil has long ago removed most of the perverse government incentives that stimulated massive deforestation in the … municipality-level regression analysis, and shows what would be needed to construct an ideal model of deforestation processes. It …

constraints on local economic development, also differ in their locations. Taking this into account, we estimate the deforestation … locations with unprotected locations that are similar in their characteristics relevant for deforestation. We find that … sustainable use protection, whose governance permits some local deforestation, is found on sites with high clearing threat. That …

Improving information about individual opportunity costs of deforestation agents has the potential to increase the … difference to overall welfare as rents remain with agents. The amount of deforestation avoided will at least be as high as under …

Improving information about individual opportunity costs of deforestation agents has the potential to increase the … difference to overall welfare as rents remain with agents. The amount of deforestation avoided will at least be as high as under …

In developing countries across the globe the impact of livestock on deforestation levels has been profound. This paper … inquiries raised in the literature are addressed, including the determinants of the co-evolution of deforestation and cattle …