There are many causes, consequences, and connections of deforestation and forest poverty in the tropical world. This report specifically addresses the potential dilemma of trade-offs between poverty reduction and environmental protection. It seeks to improve the diagnosis of forest problems and...

Conservation of high-biodiversity tropical forests is sometimes justified on the basis of assumed hydrological benefits - in particular, reduction of flooding hazards for downstream floodplain populations. However, the 'far-field' link between deforestation and distant flooding has been...

Does temporary sequestration of carbon dioxide have a place in a comprehensive policy for mitigating climate change? Does it buy time for technical change in the energy sector?Carbon sequestration aims at raising the amount of carbon sequestered in biomass and in soils. Whether it should be part...