What has Driven Deforestation in Developing Countries Since the 2000s? Evidence from New Remote-Sensing Data

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• 作者：Antoine Leblois^a ; ^{antoine.leblois@inra.fr} ; Olivier Damette^a ; ^b ; Julien Wolfersberger^c
• 关键词：deforestation ; development ; international trade
• 刊名：World Development
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：92
• 期：Complete
• 页码：82-102
• 全文大小：1088 K
• 卷排序：92

文摘

We use newly-released available high resolution remote sensing data on forest loss. We validate most of the major determinants found in the previous literature. Agricultural trade, hitherto relatively neglected is found to be a major driver. Countries’ development may be critical in assessing global deforestation trend.