Deforestation and the Rule of Law in a Cross-Section of Countries

Deacon, Robert T.

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“…Deacon (1994) obtained similar results. He found that insecure ownership, political insecurity, and political revolutions were all positively related to the deforestation process.…”

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Governance, economic policy, and the environmental Kuznets curve for natural tropical forests

2004

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This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of the relationship between income and the rate of deforestation of tropical natural forests. The inverted U-shaped relationship known as the environmental Kuznets curve is confirmed here when it is examined for about 60 countries from the tropical regions of Latin America, Africa, and Asia during the period 1980 to 1995. The study focuses on the role of institutions and governing factors and macroeconomic policies in the tropical deforestation process. Results indicate that the quality of governance and underlying institutions are important determinants of forest resource preservation, and that rural population pressure is not as important as suggested by other studies. Agricultural technology improvement and enhanced educational attainment and social development factors also lead to reductions of deforestation rates.1 A selected paper presented at

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“…Deacon (1994) obtained similar results. He found that insecure ownership, political insecurity, and political revolutions were all positively related to the deforestation process.…”

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confidence: 62%

Governance, economic policy, and the environmental Kuznets curve for natural tropical forests

2004

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“…Earlier case study research found that weak property rights were associated with loss of forest cover (Gillis 1980;Repetto & Gillis 1988;Vincent 1990;Southgate et al 1991;Alston et al 1996;Godoy et al 1996;Pinchon 1997). Using panel data, cross national studies substantiated this claim (Deacon 1994(Deacon , 1999Bohn & Deacon 2000). These studies did not measure corruption per se, but rather factors directly affected by governments that might affect forests.…”

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“…Exploiting relatively new data sets that offer measures related to national-level governance quality, some analysts have found significant relationships between proxies for politics, corruption, and resource outcomes (Deacon 1994(Deacon , 1999Bohn and Deacon 2000). Perhaps the best known of the recent studies is R. Smith et al's (2003) analysis in Nature, which finds strong relationships between corruption and the decline of elephant, rhinoceros, and forests.…”

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The Complex Links between Governance and Biodiversity

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Abstract:We argue that two problems weaken the claims of those who link corruption and the exploitation of natural resources. The first is conceptual. Studies that use national level indicators of corruption fail to note that corruption comes in many fofms, at multiple levels, that may affect resource use quite differently: negatively, positively or not at all. Without a clear causal model of the mechanism by which corruption affects resources, one should treat with caution any estimated relationship between corruption and the state of natural resources. The second problem is methodological. Simple, atheoretical models linking corruption measures and natural resource use typically 4o not account for other important control variables pivotal to the relationship between huijaans and natural resources. By way of illustration of these two general concerns, we demonstrate that the findings of a recent, well-known study that posits a link between corruption and decreases in forests and elephants are not robust to simple conceptuaf and methodological refinements.

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“…Although we cannot provide any statistical evidence for a relationship between political instability with low legal enforcement and the increase in conversion of forest into agriculture, the temporal coincidences are notable. An elevated deforestation rate during times of political instability, in particular on the subsistence level, seems to be a widespread phenomenon (Deacon 1994;Didia 1997;Vågen 2006;Randriamalala and Liu 2010;Freudenberger 2010;Innes 2010;World Bank 2010).…”

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Analysis of deforestation patterns in the central Menabe, Madagascar, between 1973 and 2010

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The central Menabe region still holds the largest remnant of dry forest in western Madagascar. These forests are home to high floral and faunal diversity including a number of local and regional endemics. The forests of the central Menabe have been classified as conservation hotspots. However, pressure on these forests is strong and deforestation continues on a large scale. To quantify recent forest loss, we used a series of satellite images for estimating annual deforestation rates. The overall rate was 0.67 %, but it accelerated during certain periods to over 1.5 % with a maximum of 2.55 % per year between 2008 and 2010. Not all areas within the forest block of the central Menabe are affected similarly. Areas surrounding existing clearings show the highest losses of largely undisturbed forest. If deforestation continues at the same rate as during the last years, 50 % of the 1973 forest cover will be gone within the next 11-37 years.

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Deforestation and the Rule of Law in a Cross-Section of Countries

Cited by 348 publications

References 7 publications

Governance, economic policy, and the environmental Kuznets curve for natural tropical forests

Governance, economic policy, and the environmental Kuznets curve for natural tropical forests

The Complex Links between Governance and Biodiversity

Analysis of deforestation patterns in the central Menabe, Madagascar, between 1973 and 2010

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