Description
The depletion of forests in developing countries has been of increasing concern to policymakers over the past 25 years. As society searches for ways to address climate change, deforestation has become a central part of this discussion. This book focuses on the causes of deforestation in common property forests in Mexico, presenting a detailed, empirical economic analysis of forest loss in Mexico between 1994 and 2000. Understanding the driving forces behind deforestation, and pinpointing the location of forests at risk provides crucial information for developing effective forest protection policy. The analysis in the first part of this book provides the foundation for a discussion of potential and actual policies to address deforestation in Mexico. Although the data come from a particular place and point in time, the lessons learned contribute to our understanding of resource depletion and degradation in a variety of contexts. Jennifer Alix-Garcia is an assistant professor of economics at the University of San Francisco.
