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  1. Palm oil and the politics of deforestation in Indonesia
    Published: March 2020
    Publisher:  RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen, Germany

    This paper studies the interactions between political and economic incentives to foster forest conversion in Indonesian districts. Using a district-level panel data set from 2001 to 2016, we analyze variation in remotely sensed forest loss and forest... more

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    This paper studies the interactions between political and economic incentives to foster forest conversion in Indonesian districts. Using a district-level panel data set from 2001 to 2016, we analyze variation in remotely sensed forest loss and forest fires as well as measures of land use licensing. We link these outcomes to economic incentives to expand oil palm cultivation areas as well as political incentives arising before idiosyncratically-timed local mayoral elections. Empirical results document substantial increases in deforestation and forest fires in the year prior to local elections. Additionally, oil palm plays a crucial role in driving deforestation dynamics. Variations in global market prices of palm oil are closely linked to deforestation in areas which are geo-climatically best suited for growing oil palm and they amplify the importance of the political cycle. We thus find clear evidence for economic and political incentives reinforcing each other as drivers of forest loss and land conversion for oil palm cultivation.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783867889766
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    hdl: 10419/214833
    Series: Ruhr economic papers ; #842
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 67 Seiten), Illustrationen
  2. Losing territory
    the effect of administrative splits on land use in the tropics
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  Asian Development Bank, Metro Manila, Philippines

    State decentralization is often promoted to improve public service delivery. However, its effects on forest conservation are ambiguous. Decentralization might not only improve local forest governance, but also change the incentives to promote... more

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    State decentralization is often promoted to improve public service delivery. However, its effects on forest conservation are ambiguous. Decentralization might not only improve local forest governance, but also change the incentives to promote agricultural expansion into forests. This study focuses on the power devolution caused by the proliferation of new administrative units in Indonesia. The discontinuous changes in government responsibilities at new administrative borders provide exogenous spatial variation to study forest outcomes. Using a spatial boundary discontinuity design with 14,000 Indonesian villages, we analyze the effects of 115 district splits between 2002 and 2014. Results show a 35% deforestation decline within new districts relative to existing districts both immediately before and after splits. In pre-split years, this can be explained through agricultural divestment by existing districts on territories that will be lost. In post-split years, the short-term forest conservation benefits seem to be rooted in temporary administrative incapacity to attract agricultural investments.

     

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    Series: ADB economics working paper series ; no. 708 (December 2023)
    Subjects: deforestation; decentralization; environmental protection; Indonesia; spatial RDD
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 43 Seiten), Illustrationen
  3. The impact of public policies on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
    Published: 2017

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