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Land Cover in a Managed Forest Ecosystem: Mexican Shade Coffee

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Allen Blackman
Heidi J. Albers
Beatriz Ávalos-Sartorio
Lisa Crooks Murphy

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Managed forest ecosystems like shade coffee supply valuable ecological services. Yet little is known about the drivers and characteristics of clearing in such systems. We present a spatial econometric analysis of land cover in a shade coffee region in southern Mexico. We find that plots close to large cities are less likely to be cleared all other things being equal-the opposite of the pattern usually observed in natural forests. In addition, we find that membership in coffee-marketing cooperatives, farm size, and certain soil types are associated with tree cover, while proximity to small town centers is associated with clearing. Copyright ©2008 American Agricultural Economics Association.

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Volume (Year): 90 (2008)
Issue (Month): 1 (02)
Pages: 216-231
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  1. Chomitz, Kenneth M & Gray, David A, 1996. "Roads, Land Use, and Deforestation: A Spatial Model Applied to Belize," World Bank Economic Review, Oxford University Press, vol. 10(3), pages 487-512, September.
  2. Anselin, Luc, 2002. "Under the hood : Issues in the specification and interpretation of spatial regression models," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 27(3), pages 247-267, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Deininger, Klaus & Minten, Bart, 2002. " Determinants of Deforestation and the Economics of Protection: An Application to Mexico," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 84(4), pages 943-60, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Blackman, Allen & Albers, Heidi & Crooks, Lisa & Ávalos-Sartorio, Beatriz, 2005. "Deforestation and Shade Coffee in Oaxaca, Mexico," Discussion Papers dp-05-39, Resources For the Future. [Downloadable!]
  2. Camille Antinori & Gordon Rausser, 2003. "Does Community Involvement Matter? How Collective Choice Affects Forests in Mexico," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series 939, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley. [Downloadable!]
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