Deforestation Slowdown in the Legal Amazon: Prices or Policies?
March 21, 2012
Our analysis shows that approximately half of the deforestation that was avoided in the Amazon in the 2005 through 2009 period can be attributed to conservation policies introduced in the second half of the 2000s. This is equivalent to an avoided loss of 62,000 km2 of forest area, or approximately 620 million tons of stored C (2.3 billion tons of stored CO2), which our estimates value at 11.5 billion US dollars.
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Deforestation – Prices or Policies Working Paper(834.92kb)
Desmatamento – Preços ou Políticas – Sumário Executivo – Portuguese(425.23kb)
Deforestation – Prices or Policies – Executive Summary – English(344.27kb)
Deforestacion – Precios o Politicas – Sinopsis – Spanish(417.31kb)
Penebangan hutan di Amazon – Harga atau Kebijakan – Ringkasan Eksekutif – Bahasa(425.86kb)
Deforestation – Prix ou Politiques – Resume executif – French(399.95kb)