..., the utilization of these resources brings with it numerous drawbacks that surpass the concept of the “natural resource curse,” such as forest conversion or deforestation. This study analyzes the impact of natural resource exploitation or mining, through mineral rents and income inequality, on forest conversion...

... to the results of these econometric methodologies, a 1% increase in globalization (economic, commercial, social, and political globalization) will reduce forest conversion by 0.012 (0.011, 0.06, 0.04, 0.09) respectively, and a 1% increase in biomass and agricultural land. Population density and grain production...

... © 2012 Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå 2012 Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå Licensed re-use rights only Choice experiment Forest biodiversity Forest conversion Scale-extended latent class...

... Elsevier GmbH Licensed re-use rights only Alternative specific constant Choice experiment Forest biodiversity Forest conversion Welfare measure Q23 Q51 Q57 Forest ecosystems harbour most of the terrestrial biological diversity globally and, therefore, the majority of animal...