Browsing by Subject "Deforestation"
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Accessing the viability of HTR - Indonesia's community-based forest plantation program
(2009-04-24)In Indonesia, development of sustainable supplies of timber has failed to keep pace with industrial demand. After decades of overharvesting and clearing to bridge supply gaps, Indonesia’s forests and forest industries are ... -
Avoided Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(2008-12-05)Deforestation and forest degradation account for one fifth of greenhouse gas emissions around the world, second only to fossil fuel combustion. While the Kyoto Protocol has no mechanism that aims to stop forest loss, climate ... -
Beef Production in Brazil: A Value Chain Approach to Reducing Deforestation
(2013-04-24)Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is a persistent environmental problem due to its contributions to global climate change and biodiversity loss. The beef industry is a major contributor to this problem with an estimated ... -
Deforestation and Flooding in the Lower Roanoke River Basin
(2022-04-22)The large natural forest ecosystems in the Lower Roanoke River Basin, in northeast North Carolina, are home to numerous and diverse plant and animal species. However, these unique and precious forest ecosystems have been ... -
Impacts of Deforestation on the Conservation Status of Endemic Birds in the North Maluku Endemic Bird Area from 1990-2003
(2009-04-23)Satellite imagery has become a powerful tool to analyze land-use trends across large portions of the globe, including remote areas where access is logistically or political impossible. Due to the rapid pace of deforestation, ... -
Preventing Deforestation in Madagascar: is Kirindy Mite National Park effective?
(2007-05)Madagascar, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, is losing habitat of native species at an alarming rate. Frequently overlooked by researchers, dry deciduous forests have been destroyed by logging and fires for subsistence ... -
Protected Areas’ Deforestation Spillovers and Two Critical Underlying Mechanisms: An Empirical Exploration for the Brazilian Amazon
(2015)To date, the creation of protected areas (PAs) has been the dominant policy in the efforts to protect forests. Yet there is still somewhat limited rigorous evidence about the impacts of PAs on rates of deforestation. Further, ... -
Quantifying Land Cover Change to Inform Carbon Offset Projects in Madagascar
(2022-04-19)Duke University has committed to becoming carbon neutral by the year 2024. This commitment will be met through a combination of local emissions reductions and global carbon offset projects. In support of this effort, the ... -
Roads, Rights, and Rewards: Three Program Evaluations in Environmental and Resource Economics
(2017)This dissertation presents three program evaluations in environmental and resource economics. In the first chapter, I ask whether rural roads can contribute to a reversal of tree cover loss. Prior literature shows roads ... -
Understanding the Impacts of Agricultural Expansion on Biodiversity and Habitat Loss
(2018)In recent years, the expansion of agricultural lands into areas rich in biodiversity has led to a conservation dilemma between the need for food security for an expanding human population and the goal of conserving species ...
