Forest fires and economic incentives: impact of forest protection laws in Argentina
This paper evaluates the potential impact of the recently enacted forest protection laws on the number of forest fires in Argentina. The forest protection laws (at a federal and provincial level) restricts the use of forestry land in several ways, and limit the expansion of the agricultural frontier...
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International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)
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| author | Lema, Rolando Daniel Egolf, Patricia |
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| description | This paper evaluates the potential impact of the recently enacted forest protection laws on the number of forest fires in Argentina. The forest protection laws (at a federal and provincial level) restricts the use of forestry land in several ways, and limit the expansion of the agricultural frontier. This restriction can make forest arson potentially profitable to clear land and to expand the agricultural frontier circumventing the laws. We present a conceptual model based in the economic theory of crime to analyze forest arson decisions, and to predict individual behavior. Using panel data from 2002 to 2014 at a provincial level we present empirical evidence of systematic effects in the occurrence of forest fire as a function of the new regulation and its sequential implementation. Fixed effects and difference-in-differences estimates show that the number of fires increased transitory some 100% -200% in the main crop producer provinces during the law implementation process (2009-2011). |
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| spelling | INTA67262022-09-12T10:37:15Z Forest fires and economic incentives: impact of forest protection laws in Argentina Lema, Rolando Daniel Egolf, Patricia Forest Fires Economics Legislation Environmental Legislation Incentives Politics Data Incendios Forestales Economía Legislación Legislación Medioambiental Incentivos Argentina Política Datos Ley de Bosques This paper evaluates the potential impact of the recently enacted forest protection laws on the number of forest fires in Argentina. The forest protection laws (at a federal and provincial level) restricts the use of forestry land in several ways, and limit the expansion of the agricultural frontier. This restriction can make forest arson potentially profitable to clear land and to expand the agricultural frontier circumventing the laws. We present a conceptual model based in the economic theory of crime to analyze forest arson decisions, and to predict individual behavior. Using panel data from 2002 to 2014 at a provincial level we present empirical evidence of systematic effects in the occurrence of forest fire as a function of the new regulation and its sequential implementation. Fixed effects and difference-in-differences estimates show that the number of fires increased transitory some 100% -200% in the main crop producer provinces during the law implementation process (2009-2011). Este documento evalúa el impacto potencial de las leyes de protección forestal recientemente promulgadas sobre el número de incendios forestales en Argentina. Las leyes de protección forestal (a nivel federal y provincial) restringen el uso de tierras forestales de varias maneras y limitan la expansión de la frontera agrícola. Esta restricción puede hacer que los incendios forestales sean potencialmente rentables para despejar la tierra y expandir la frontera agrícola eludiendo las leyes. Presentamos un modelo conceptual basado en la teoría económica del delito para analizar las decisiones de incendios forestales y predecir el comportamiento individual. Utilizando datos de panel de 2002 a 2014 a nivel provincial, presentamos evidencia empírica de efectos sistemáticos en la ocurrencia de incendios forestales en función de la nueva regulación y su implementación secuencial. Los efectos fijos y las estimaciones de diferencias en diferencias muestran que el número de incendios aumentó de forma transitoria entre un 100% y un 200% en las principales provincias productoras de cultivos durante el proceso de implementación de la ley (2009-2011). International Association of Agricultural Economists Instituto de Economía Fil: Lema, Rolando Daniel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Economía; Argentina Fil: Egolf, Patricia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Economía; Argentina 2020-02-11T13:11:07Z 2020-02-11T13:11:07Z 2018-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/documento de conferencia info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6726 https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/275984 Lema, D. & Egolf, P. (2018). Forest fires and economic incentives: impact of forest protection laws in Argentina. In 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Vancouver, British Columbia. eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 28-August 2, 2018 |
| spellingShingle | Forest Fires Economics Legislation Environmental Legislation Incentives Politics Data Incendios Forestales Economía Legislación Legislación Medioambiental Incentivos Argentina Política Datos Ley de Bosques Lema, Rolando Daniel Egolf, Patricia Forest fires and economic incentives: impact of forest protection laws in Argentina |
| title | Forest fires and economic incentives: impact of forest protection laws in Argentina |
| title_full | Forest fires and economic incentives: impact of forest protection laws in Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Forest fires and economic incentives: impact of forest protection laws in Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forest fires and economic incentives: impact of forest protection laws in Argentina |
| title_short | Forest fires and economic incentives: impact of forest protection laws in Argentina |
| title_sort | forest fires and economic incentives impact of forest protection laws in argentina |
| topic | Forest Fires Economics Legislation Environmental Legislation Incentives Politics Data Incendios Forestales Economía Legislación Legislación Medioambiental Incentivos Argentina Política Datos Ley de Bosques |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6726 https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/275984 |
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