Minimizing Ecological Damage from Road Improvement in Tropical Forests

A spatial econometric model is used to link road upgrading to forest clearing and biodiversity loss in the moist tropical forests of Bolivia, Cameroon, and Myanmar. Using 250-meter cells, the model estimates the relationship between the rate of for...

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Main Authors: Dasgupta, Susmita, Wheeler, David
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26796510/minimizing-ecological-damage-road-improvement-tropical-forests
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25123