Browsing Chr. Michelsens Institutt by Subject "Deforestation"
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Debt and Deforestation: A Tenuous Link
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1996)This paper examines the hypothesis that heavy foreign debt causes high rates of tropical deforestation. Empirical evidence indicates that no universally valid link exists between debt and deforestation - in either direction. ... -
Deforestation and entrepreneurship in the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1996)Deforestation is a global environmental concern, but the underlying processes vary across regions and countries. In Pakistan the threat to forests and biodiversity does not come primarily from local farmers, but from ... -
Deforestation in Peru: Confronting the informal practices, state capture, and collusion
(U4 Brief 2024:5, Report, 2024-04-01)Greater transparency and accountability of elected officials, as well as enhanced environmental management, is crucial to meeting the challenges faced by those who wish to protect the Amazon. -
Deforestation: Population or Market Driven? Different Approaches in Modelling Agricultural Expansion
(CMI Working paper WP 1996: 9, Working paper, 1996)The debate on causes of and remedies for tropical deforestation is often confused because the underlying assumptions of the arguments are not made explicit. This paper compares four different modelling approaches to ... -
Shifting Cultivation and "Deforestation". A Study from Sumatra, Indonesia
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1994)About half of tropical deforestation is commonly explained by the expansion of traditional agriculture (shifting cultivation). This article first questions the share of responsibly assigned to traditional agriculture. ... -
Shifting Cultivation Expansion and Intensity of Production: The Open Economy Case
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1994)This paper studies decision making in shifting cultivation, in particular labour inputs, length of rotation or fallow period (intensity of production), and the agricultural frontier (expansion). Analytical models are ... -
State - Local Community Games of Forest Land Appropriation
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)This paper explores possible strategic interactions between the state and local community in games of tropical forest land appropriation. Two key questions are addressed. First, how does the structure of the game influence ...