Deforestation and the environmental Kuznets curve: an institutional perspective
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The emergence of the EKC inverted U-shaped relationship between deforestation and socioeconomic development in the Brazilian Amazon is the result of a transition in environmental governance over the last decade to ensure a move toward land use sustainability.
“The emergence of the EKC inverted U-shaped relationship between deforestation and socioeconomic development in the Brazilian Amazon is the result of a transition in environmental governance that occurred over the last decade to ensure a move toward land use sustainability (Culas, 2007 andGalford et al., 2013).”
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe EKC is linked to effective policies that imply sufficient direct investment in environmental preservation.
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredInstitutional factors and macroeconomic policies can reduce the amplitude of the EKC and consequently the environmental price of economic growth.
“In fact, institutional factors and macroeconomic policies can reduce the amplitude of the EKC and consequently the environmental price of economic growth (Culas, 2007, Bhattarai and Hammig, 2001and Bhattarai and Hammig, 2004).”
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- Authors
- Culas, R. J.
- Affiliations
- Charles Sturt University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Culas, Richard J.
- ORCID
- Culas, Richard J.
- Venue
- Ecological Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-03
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 429-437
- ISSN
- 0921-8009 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2078596313
- Cited by
- 413
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Ecological Economics (publishedVersion)
- Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Keywords
- deforestation, environmental Kuznets curve, property rights, environmental institutions, environmental policy, sustainable growth, agricultural production, population growth, economic growth and environmental degradation, Latin America, Africa, Asia
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