Economic parameters of deforestation (English)

Recent debate about how timber prices affect deforestation has focused mainly on how log export bans (imposed in many developing countries to protect domestic timber processing) affect deforestation. One side argues that the lower domestic timber prices that result from banning log exports increase deforestation by making forestry less profitable than competing land uses, such as agriculture. The other argues that lower timber prices reduce profits...
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von Amsberg, Joachim; DEC.

Economic parameters of deforestation (English). Policy, Research Working paper ; no. WPS 1350 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/113261468740984341

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