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Searching with a thematic focus on Environment, Environment and Forestry, forestry deforestation, Poverty

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    The links between poverty and the environment in Malawi

    Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, 2009
    Deforestation arising from conversion of forest areas into agriculture is a serious problem in Malawi. This paper discusses competition for agricultural land and investigates why the poor are closely associated with forests. Furthermore, the paper examines the effects of changes in crop land use on changes in forest cover.
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    Africa review report on drought and desertification

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2008
    Prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in preparation for the sixteenth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16), this report reviews drought and desertification in Africa by bringing together inputs from member states, regional partners, available documentation and comment from various organisations and individuals.
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    Cutting edge: how community forest enterprises lead the way on poverty reduction and avoided deforestation

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    Forests are not just crucial for keeping the global environment stable; they are also a lifeline for hundreds of millions of the world's poor. This paper presents community forest enterprise as a possible solution, which combines both avoided deforestation (the concept of richer nations paying poorer ones to halt planned logging) and poverty reduction.
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    Managing the environment for development and to sustain pro-poor growth

    Asia 2015 Conference: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty, 2006
    The main finding of the paper is that resource-intensive development in Asia has been achieved at significant environmental cost. Environmental issues such as deforestation, pressure on water supplies, and pollution from industry and energy use pose real limits to further economic growth. In many Asian countries, the cost is equivalent to one third or more of Gross National Savings.
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    Roads, population pressures and deforestation in Thailand, 1976 - 1989

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
    Population pressures play less of a role in deforestation than earlier studies of Thailand found. Between 1976 and 1989, Thailand lost 28 percent ofits forest cover.
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    Rethinking the Causes of Deforestation: Lessons from Economic Models

    World Bank Research Observer, 1999
    Synthesizes the results of more than 140 economic models analyzing the causes of tropical deforestation. Raises significant doubts about many conventional hypotheses in the debate about deforestation. More roads, higher agricultural prices, lower wages, and a shortage of off-farm employment generally lead to more deforestation.
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    From Dutch disease to deforestation - a macroeconomic link? A case study from Ecuador

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997
    In the literature about macroeconomics and deforestation, it is often supposed that strong foreign exchange outflows (e.g. debt service) increase deforestation, as higher poverty augments frontier migration and natural resources are squeezed to generate export revenues. This paper analyses the opposite phenomenon, i.e.