Protection and profit: Empirical evidence of governmental and market-based forest policies

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In this paper, I study the effectiveness of privately managed FSC certified forests and public sustainability reserves distributed over the entire Brazilian Amazon from 2002-2015. The paper uses high-resolution data on forest cover derived from satellite images and organized in a grid of 1 km2 cells. Using a difference-in-differences estimator in a regression discontinuity environment, I find an increase in deforestation of an annual area of 8,057 ha in FSC forests after the certification. Public sustainability zones' impact on deforestation is also positive but declines over time. The effectiveness of both type of zones improves if they are located closer to (export) markets or existing infrastructure.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 01-2019

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Agricultural Labor Markets ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products ; Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment ; Agriculture in International Trade
• Subject: deforestation ; commodity prices ; sustainable forest management

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Herzberg, Julika
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics
• (where): Marburg
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/200664
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