caa a22 4500 397566204 CHVBK 20180308164829.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199608 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/wbro/11.2.223 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/wbro/11.2.223 DEFORESTATION AND FOREST LAND USE: THEORY, EVIDENCE, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS [Elektronische Daten] [William F. Hyde, Gregory S. Amacher, William Magrath] The topic of deforestation is seldom examined from the perspective of prices and responses to resource scarcity. This omission creates important errors in policy. Resource scarcity induces investments in both commercial and subsistence uses of the forest once prices overcome the costs of establishing property rights, forest management, and the returns from alternative agricultural uses of the land. Therefore deforestation will induce price increases and investments in forestry well before deforestation attains its physical limit. These prices and costs will alter the boundaries among several important classes of forest land: sustainable private forestry, the forested commons, unsustainable open-access forests, and unused residual forest. The greatest impact on the world's forests will come from refocusing the policy dialogue on the cost factors that determine these boundaries, including agricultural support policies, local concentrations of nonmarket environmental resources, and policy failures that distort incentives to invest in forestry. In locations where reforestation induces large price changes, policymakers must remain attuned to the likelihood that deforestation-induced changes in the prices of forest products and forest policies may cause significant shifts in the activities of the poorest people. © 1996 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank Articles nationallicence Hyde William F. aut Amacher Gregory S. aut Magrath William aut The World Bank Research Observer Oxford University Press 11/2(1996-08), 223-248 0257-3032 11:2<223 1996 11 wbro https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/11.2.223 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/11.2.223 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hyde William F. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Amacher Gregory S. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Magrath William aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The World Bank Research Observer Oxford University Press 11/2(1996-08), 223-248 0257-3032 11:2<223 1996 11 wbro Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford