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Economics of Deforestation: The Example of Ecuador

Economics of Deforestation: The Example of Ecuador

Wunder, Sven

Hardcover

Series: St Antony's

Environmental StudiesLawns, Trees, & Shrubs

ISBN10: 0333731468
ISBN13: 9780333731468
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jul 19 2000
Pages: 262
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Tropical forests are disappearing at an unaltered pace, giving way to alternative land uses. This book gives an economic perspective on deforestation. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empirical evidence, a case-study of Ecuador provides a versatile historical picture of factors affecting forest loss throughout different periods, regions and ecosystems. It is shown that policy and market failures alone cannot explain rapid deforestation; decision-makers follow a composite economic rationale in their continuous clearing of forests which can only be counteracted by concerted action.

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