We develop a model of deforestation using a real option on agricultural land conversion and establish an important link between agricultural commodity price volatility and forest loss. Higher price volatility of staple commodities increases incentives to delay land conversion and is associated with ...

The adequate management of forests is the key for sustainable development with a direct influence on climate change mitigation. In the world, the planted forest lands increased 40% (from 167.5 to 277.9 million hectares) between 1990 and 2015. However, recently, there is a growing inverse flux from...

We use optimization of a structural dynamic model to evaluate the cost of carbon sequestration when afforestation subsidies are used to encourage private landowners to switch from cropland to forestry. Our model allows for the planting of either softwood or hardwood forest types with flexible...

Rising demand for bio-based products exerts a growing pressure on natural resources such as wood. Sustainable solutions are becoming increasingly important to meet the demand. In this study, 20-year poplar Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) plantations located in Western Slovakia are investigated with...

At the end of the 1990s, the Northwestern uplands of Cambodia were one of the last forest frontiers of the country. In a region that was the last Khmer Rouge stronghold, the opening of former conflict zones after a peace agreement initiated a vast movement of agricultural colonization. This...

During the past 10 years, there has been a considerable increase in highland maize farming in Nan, Thailand. The increase in farming area causes an excessive forest encroachment and environmental problems. Since 2009, the area has received assistance in the form of a large-scale incentive scheme...

Human-wildlife conflict is unfavorable interactions between people and wild animals that hurt both people and their resources as well as wildlife and their habitats. The study was conducted in the year 2021-2022 in the surrounding villages of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to understand the type of...

In order to improve people's awareness for the value of forest ecosystem services of protecting the ecosystem, and provide the basis for forestry management. The study has evaluated regulation service value of forest ecosystem services by using approaches such as shadow engineering method and...

Kyrgyzstan is home to one of the largest areas of natural walnut forest in the world. These forests support significant genetic diversity of many important ancestral strains of fruit and nut tree species. The walnuts from those forests are a major source of cash income for many households in that...

The rapid changing area in Yom watershed at Phrae province during 2002-2009, half of land using approximately 1.2 million hectare was forest and paddy rice area. On the other hand, a rest of land using approximately 1.1 million hectare was an invasive forest through maize area. The effect of...