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Wilderness Conservation and the Reach of the State: Evidence from National Borders in the Amazon / Robin Burgess, Francisco J.M. Costa, Benjamin A. Olken.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgess, Robin.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w24861.
- NBER working paper series no. w24861
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Wilderness Conservation and the Reach of the State
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2018.
- Summary:
- Preserving wilderness ecosystems in developing countries is challenging because their remote location places them far from state control. We investigate this using 30x30 meter satellite data to determine how Amazonian deforestation changes discretely at the Brazilian international border. In 2000, Brazilian pixels were 30 percent more likely to be deforested, and between 2001 and 2005 annual Brazilian deforestation was more than 3 times the rate observed across the border. In 2006, just after Brazil introduces policies to reduce illegal deforestation, these differences disappear. These results demonstrate the power of the state to affect whether wilderness ecosystems are conserved or exploited.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- July 2018.
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