Minimizing ecological damage from road improvement in tropical forests (English)

A spatial econometric model is used to link road upgrading to forest clearing and biodiversity loss in the moist tropical forests of Bolivia, Cameroon, and Myanmar. Using 250-meter cells, the model estimates the relationship between the rate of forest clearing in a cell and its distance to the urban market, with explicit attention given to road quality and simultaneity, terrain elevation and slope, the agricultural opportunity value of the land, and...

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Dasgupta,Susmita;

Wheeler,David;
Document Date
2016/09/19
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7826
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Bolivia, Myanmar, Cameroon,
Region
Western And Central Africa, East Asia And Pacific, Latin America And Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2016/09/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Minimizing ecological damage from road improvement in tropical forests
Keywords
forest clearing

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Dasgupta,Susmita; Wheeler,David.

Minimizing ecological damage from road improvement in tropical forests (English). Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7826 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/923931474289798602

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