At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests

There are many causes, consequences, and connections of deforestation and forest poverty in the tropical world. This report specifically addresses the potential dilemma of trade-offs between poverty reduction and environmental protection. It seeks to improve the diagnosis of forest problems and facilitate the prescription and application of solutions by focusing on both the causes and consequences of forest conversion to agriculture and on the nature and location of forest poverty. The first section is diagnostic, examining the drivers and consequences of deforestation and forest poverty. The second part looks at how governance, institutions, and policies shape those drivers. It identifies opportunities for win-win policies. In particular, anything that boosts labor demand outside agriculture will tend to reduce both poverty and deforestation. Additionally, promotion of some kinds of agroforestry can help to improve the ecological functions of degraded forests while boosting farm output and employment. The report offers a systematic framework for thinking about how to integrate forest management with rural development in a sustainable way.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Chomitz, Kenneth
Other Authors:	Buys, Piet
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2007
Subjects:	ABATEMENT, AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION, AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURE, AGROFORESTRY, AMPHIBIAN, AMPHIBIAN SPECIES, ANNUAL DEFORESTATION, BEAR, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY LOSS, BIODIVERSITY LOSSES, BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION, BRAZILIAN AMAZON, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, CASH CROPS, CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COLLECTIVE ACTION, COMMERCIAL LOGGING, COMMON PROPERTY, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY FOREST, COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY FORESTRY, COMMUNITY FORESTS, CONSERVATION ACTIONS, CONSERVATION PROJECTS, DEFORESTATION, DEFORESTATION RATES, DEGRADATION, DEGRADED FORESTS, DRY SEASON, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECONOMICS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT, ECOSYSTEMS, EFFICIENT REGULATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES, EXPLOITATION, EXTERNALITIES, EXTINCTION, EXTINCTIONS, FAUNA, FOREST, FOREST AREAS, FOREST CHANGE, FOREST CONCESSIONS, FOREST CONDITIONS, FOREST CONSERVATION, FOREST CONVERSION, FOREST COVER, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST DESTRUCTION, FOREST DWELLERS, FOREST ESTATE, FOREST EXPLOITATION, FOREST FIRES, FOREST FRAGMENTATION, FOREST GOVERNANCE, FOREST LAND, FOREST LOSS, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST MANAGERS, FOREST OWNERS, FOREST OWNERSHIP, FOREST POLICY, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST REGULATIONS, FOREST RESOURCES, FOREST SECTOR, FOREST STEWARDSHIP, FOREST STRATEGY, FOREST TYPES, FOREST USE, FORESTRY, FUEL, FUELWOOD, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GREENHOUSE GASES, ILLEGAL LOGGING, INCOME, LAND COVER, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND MANAGERS, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND RIGHTS, LAND USE, LAND-USE, LEOPARD, LOGGING, LOGGING CONCESSIONS, MAMMAL SPECIES, MEDIATION, NATIONAL PARK, NATURAL FOREST, NATURAL FOREST MANAGEMENT, NATURAL FORESTS, OIL, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PALM, PASTURE, PASTURES, PLANT, PLANT SPECIES, PLANTATION FORESTRY, POLLINATION, POLLINATORS, POLLUTION, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION DENSITY, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRESENT VALUE, PRIVATE FORESTS, PRIVATE PROPERTY, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC GOODS, RAINFALL, RANCHERS, REMOTE FORESTS, RESERVES, RIVER, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD NETWORK, ROADS, ROUTE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAVANNA, SAVANNA WOODLANDS, SAVANNAS, SECONDARY FORESTS, SOILS, SPECIES, STATE FORESTS, SUBTROPICAL FORESTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS, TENURE, TIMBER, TIMBER EXPLOITATION, TIMBER PRICES, TIMBER RESOURCES, TREE, TREES, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, TROPICAL FOREST, TROPICAL FORESTS, WAGES, WATERSHED, WEATHER PATTERNS, WILDLIFE, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, WOOD, WOODLANDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7144408/loggerheads-agricultural-expansion-poverty-reduction-environment-tropical-forests http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7190
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