Interventions simultaneously addressing poverty alleviation and nature conservation are commonly used to reduce tropical deforestation. We examine the determinants of participation in and land use and livelihoods impacts of two such interventions in Ucayali, Peru, using quasi-experimental...

1. Why measure rural livelihoods and environmental dependence? / Arild Angelsen. [et al.] -- 2. Why do field research? / Victoria Reyes-Garcia and William D. Sunderlin -- 3. Composing a research proposal / Arild Angelsen, Carsten Smith-Hall and Helle Overgaard Larsen -- 4. Sampling : who, how...

How much do poor rural households rely on environmental extraction from natural ecosystems? And how does climate variability impact their livelihoods? This paper sheds light on these two questions with household income data from the Poverty and Environment Network pantropical data set, combined...

This paper analyzes environmental reliance, poverty, and climate vulnerability among more than 7,300 households in forest adjacent communities in 24 developing countries. The data are from the detailed, quarterly income recording done by the Poverty Environment Network project. Observed income...

Deforestation in Indonesia has declined sharply since 2015-2016. We use a combination of spatial land use change data, interviews with stakeholders and statistical analysis to explain this reduction. The exact extent of the reduction in deforestation depends on the data set used, and the years...