Routledge explorations in environmental economics ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-414) and index.
The malady of prosperity -- The impact of oil wealth on forests -- Defining and measuring changing forest conditions -- Gabon -- Venezuela -- Cameroon -- Ecuador -- Papua New Guinea -- More tales of oil wealth and forests: Mexico, Nigeria and Indonesia -- Comparison, conclusions and recommendations.
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An analysis of the impact of oil wealth on tropical deforestation in South America, Africa and Asia. This book takes a much more analytical approach than the usual fare of environmental studies and focuses on economies as a whole.
Oil wealth and the fate of the forest.
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Deforestation-- Tropics.
Petroleum industry and trade-- Environmental aspects.
Petroleum reserves.
Rain forest ecology.
Rain forests-- Economic aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Green Business.
Deforestation.
NATURE-- Natural Resources.
Petroleum industry and trade-- Environmental aspects.