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 seek...

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Main Author: Chomitz, Kenneth
Other Authors: Buys, Piet
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Chomitz, Kenneth
At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests
relation World Bank Policy Research Report
description 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.
author2 Buys, Piet
author_facet Buys, Piet
Chomitz, Kenneth
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author Chomitz, Kenneth
author_sort Chomitz, Kenneth
title At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests
title_short At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests
title_full At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests
title_fullStr At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests
title_full_unstemmed At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests
title_sort at loggerheads? agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7144408/loggerheads-agricultural-expansion-poverty-reduction-environment-tropical-forests
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spelling okr-10986-71902021-04-23T14:02:27Z At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests Chomitz, Kenneth Buys, Piet De Luca, Giacomo Thomas, Timothy S. Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila 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 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. 2012-06-05T20:46:43Z 2012-06-05T20:46:43Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7144408/loggerheads-agricultural-expansion-poverty-reduction-environment-tropical-forests 978-0-8213-6735-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7190 English en_US World Bank Policy Research Report CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication