Arbeitspapier

Migration and deforestation in Indonesia

Indonesia now has the highest deforestation rate in the world, with an average increase of about 47,600 ha per year. As a result, the nation is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world and putting its rich biodiversity at risk. Although the literature discussing the political economy of Indonesia commercial's logging is growing, only a small amount focuses on the relationship between migration and deforestation. Migration may contribute to the forest cover change, as migrants often face serious constraints from the local residents in claiming the land, and thus tend to find new forest land which can be used as a means of living or converted into an agricultural plantation. This paper empirically investigates the relationship between recent in-migration and deforestation in Indonesia. By combining available population census data with the satellite image data MODIS, we find a significant positive relationship between migration and deforestation at the district level using a fixed effects panel econometric framework. The results also suggest that the expanding oil palm production is one significant driver for the fast disappearance of Indonesia's forest.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 187

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Forestry
Land Use Patterns
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Thema
deforestation
migration
oil palm
Indonesia

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Darmawan, Rivayani
Klasen, Stephan
Nuryartono, Nunung
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Courant Research Centre - Poverty, Equity and Growth (CRC-PEG)
(wo)
Göttingen
(wann)
2015

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Darmawan, Rivayani
  • Klasen, Stephan
  • Nuryartono, Nunung
  • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Courant Research Centre - Poverty, Equity and Growth (CRC-PEG)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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