The Economics of Tropical Deforestation

Two factors have elevated recent academic and policy interest in tropical deforestation: first, the realization that it is a major contributor to climate change; and second, a revolution in satellite-based measurement that has revealed that it is proceeding at a rapid rate. We begin by reviewing the...

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Main Authors: Balboni, Clare, Berman, Aaron, Burgess, Robin, Olken, Benjamin A.
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Annual Reviews 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153915