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The Effect of population and migration on forest cover in Indonesia

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Title The Effect of population and migration on forest cover in Indonesia
 
Creator Sunderlin, William D.
Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
 
Subject deforestation
state intervention
population growth
 
Description The massive loss of quantity and quality of natural forest cover in Indonesia threatens an important source of foreign exchange and employment. Several studies and government policies indicate that population growth, particularly among small landholders, is the principal cause of deforestation. Although there is an element of truth to these studies and policies, they greatly oversimplify and distort the issue of Indonesian deforestation. This article evaluates "population-centered" (neo-Malthusian) explanations of forest cover change in Indonesia in the light of non-population-centered (non-Malthusian) evidence. The conclusion is that although population growth is an important part of of the explanantion of Indonesian deforestation, it should be seen as an i ntermediate variable, and not as an independent variable. The policy implication is that nonpopulation factors should receive greater attention in policy measures directed at controlling inappropriate deforestation
 
Date 1999
2012-06-04T09:06:04Z
2012-06-04T09:06:04Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sunderlin, W.D., Resosudarmo, I.A.P. 1999. The Effect of population and migration on forest cover in Indonesia . Journal of Environment and Development 8 (2) :152-169.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18080
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/580
 
Language en
 
Source Journal of Environment and Development