Research Shows that Deforestation Rises with Incomes in Developing Nations

Economists have for the first time shown a definitive link between rising incomes and a corresponding uptick in deforestation using satellite mapping data.

For a long time, economists have assumed that this more-or-less predictable pattern exists in developing economies, but it’s been difficult to prove.

“Until now, nobody had found a way of testing it empirically in a convincing way,” said Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, an economist at the International Institute for Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He is also the lead author of the study reporting the findings, published on Jan. 16 in the journal Scientific Reports.

https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/deforestation-rises-with-incomes-in-developing-economies/

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