Forest clearing in rural livelihoods: household-Level global-comparative evidence

This paper examines the factors that influence rural household decisions to clear forestland. We use a large dataset comprising 7172 households from 24 developing countries. Twenty-seven percent of sampled households had converted forest to agriculture during the previous 12 months, clearing on aver...

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Main Authors:	Babigumira, R., Angelsen, A., Buis, M, Bauch, S., Sunderland, Terry C.H., Wunder, Sven
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2014
Subjects:	land use deforestation poverty smallholders farmers
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93735