Browsing by Subject "deforestation"
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A One-Health Approach to Understanding the Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
(2021)American cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a severely understudied and neglected“disease of poverty” widespread throughout Peru. Transmission dynamics of CL are complex, requiring sandfly vectors and mammalian reservoir hosts ... -
An Economic Analysis of REDD Carbon Payments on Agricultural Expansion in Bolivia
(2009-04-22)As deforestation accounts for a significant percentage of worldwide carbon emissions, reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has been the focus of intense international debate. REDD programs offer ... -
Deforestation risks posed by oil palm expansion in the Peruvian Amazon
(Environmental Research Letters, 2018-11-01)Further expansion of agriculture in the tropics is likely to accelerate the loss of biodiversity. One crop of concern to conservation is African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). We examined recent deforestation associated with ... -
Is the Interoceanic highway exporting deforestation? A comparison of the intensity of regional Amazonian deforestation drivers within Brazil, Bolivia and Peru
(2008-04-25)The Inter-Oceanic highway is a 1.9 billion dollar project that bisects southern Amazonia between the triple border region of Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. Many believe that a project of this magnitude will not only spur the ... -
Lessons Learned from Mexico's PES Program for National-Level REDD+ Strategies
(2012-04-27)Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) strategies are currently being created in developing countries across the world as a means of mitigating climate change. REDD+ programs often include Payment ... -
Measuring protected areas’ impact on deforestation in Panama
(2010-12-10)Throughout the last century, protected areas (PAs) have been the major policy instrument for forest conservation worldwide, as well as in the Republic of Panama. The country has strived to lower the decline in its tropical ... -
Protected Area Impacts on Land Cover in Mexico
(2013-04-15)Although national and international efforts to mitigate deforestation during the last few decades have had some limited impact, they have failed to substantially slow the loss of tropical forests. This MP applies an approach ... -
Protected Area Impacts on Land Cover in Mexico
(2013-04-15)Although national and international efforts to mitigate deforestation during the last few decades have had some limited impact, they have failed to substantially slow the loss of tropical forests. This MP applies an approach ... -
Representation of Global and National Conservation Priorities by Colombia's Protected Area Network
(2010)Background: How do national-level actions overlap with global priorities for conservation? Answering this question is especially important in countries with high and unique biological diversity like Colombia. Global biodiversity ... -
Road Impact on Deforestation and Jaguar Habitat Loss in the Mayan Forest
(2008-07-25)The construction of roads, either as an economic tool or as necessity for the implementation of other infrastructure projects is increasing in the tropical forest worldwide. However, roads are one of the main deforestation ... -
Spatial patterns of market participation and resource extraction: Fuelwood collection in Northern Uganda
(American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017-07-01)While distance to markets is a key determinant of market participation for households that are dependent on natural resources, the distance to the resource stock is also essential. Thus, a household's location with respect ... -
Three Essays in Environmental and Land Economics
(2022)What farmers do matters. Even as the world’s population is increasingly urbanized, almost a billion people make their living in agriculture (World Bank, 2018) and 5 billion acres (38%) of the world’s land area is farmland ... -
What Drives Forest Fragmentation in the Brazilian Amazon? Examining Spatial Patterns
(2009-04-24)Understanding forest fragmentation and deforestation patterns with respect to human presence and development is important for governing bodies to provide adequate protection for vulnerable tropical ecosystems. In recent ...
