Tropical Forests

This paper makes an attempt to examine whether poverty is a factor determining forest degradation in the state of Odisha in India by using micro level data.

This report provides a timely assessment of climate risks, environment–migration linkages and pertinent policies in Peru.

The study analyzed earth observation data, clinic health records, and socioeconomic surveys to quantify conservation, health, and sustainable development outcomes simultaneously in order to show how a conservation–health care exchange in rural Borneo preserved globally important forest carbon and simultaneously improved human health and well-being, in a region of historically intense environmental destruction, widespread poverty, and unmet health needs. 

The paper studies the difference between migrant colonists and indigenous populations in their land and labor allocation in the Amazon and its implications by analyzing patterns of on- and off-farm employment of rural populations, both mestizo and indigenous, in the Ecuadorian Amazon.  

While many other environmental problems cry for a need for data and better scientific analysis, these needs are most urgent for the topic discussed in this monograph. Four components are needed for an integrated and balanced policy. They are:, Improvement in the Quality of Life; Attention to Population Dynamics and Policies; Good Forest and Land Management Policies; and Attention to Measures at the Regional, National and International Level.