Deforestation of tropical rain forests: economic causes and impact on development

accounted agri agricultural land agricultural production agricultural sector Amazon Amelung arable land average Bolivia Brazil broadleaved calculated Cameroon closed forest Cologne Colombia Congo consumption contribution conversion of tropical Costa Rica defor deforestation ecological economic activities Ecuador eighties employment estimated exploitation export shares fallow FAO/UNEP forest conversion forest degradation forest ecosystem forestry sector Gabon Ghana Guyana Hence hydropower incentives Indonesia industries input Ivory Coast Landerbericht Lanly Liberia located in tropical logging Madagascar major Malaysia Mexico migration million mineral mining sector Moreover Nigeria outer islands Papua New Guinea pastures percent of total percentage share period permanent cropping Peru Philippines policy measures processing production in tropical programs rain forest areas ranches regions reserves roundwood sawnwood shifting cultivators sizeable sq km Sri Lanka Stuttgart 1988 Suriname Thailand tropical countries tropical forest areas tropical forest resources tropical hardwood tropical rain forests value-added Venezuela Wirtschaftsentwicklung 1988 wood products Zaire