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Livestock and deforestation in Central America in the 1980s and 1990s: a policy perspective

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  • Kaimowitz, David

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This study analyses seven factors used to explain the conversion of forest to pasture in Central America between 1979 and 1994: 1) favorable markets for livestock products, 2) subsidized credit and road construction, 3) land tenure policies, 4) limited technological change in livestock, 5) policies which reduce timber values, 6) reduced levels of political violence, and 7) characteristics specific to cattle which make it attractive.

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  • Kaimowitz, David, 1995. "Livestock and deforestation in Central America in the 1980s and 1990s: a policy perspective," EPTD discussion papers 9, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:eptddp:9
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    1. Pacheco, Pablo, 2009. "Agrarian Reform in the Brazilian Amazon: Its Implications for Land Distribution and Deforestation," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(8), pages 1337-1347, August.
    2. Edward Barbier, 2003. "Explaining Agricultural Expansion, Resource Booms and Growth in Latin America," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 5(3), pages 437-458, September.
    3. Jennifer Alix-Garcia & Craig McIntosh & Katharine R. E. Sims & Jarrod R. Welch, 2013. "The Ecological Footprint of Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Mexico's Oportunidades Program," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 95(2), pages 417-435, May.
    4. Barbier, Edward B. & Damania, Richard & Leonard, Daniel, 2005. "Corruption, trade and resource conversion," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 50(2), pages 276-299, September.
    5. William Sunderlin, 1997. "Deforestation, livelihoods, and the preconditions for sustainable management in Olancho, Honduras," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 14(4), pages 373-386, December.

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