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Deforestation in Central America: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics

In: Sustainable Agriculture in Central America

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  • Peter Utting

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When reading about deforestation in Central America one is usually presented with a list of ‘causes’ which is likely to include the colonization of agrarian frontier regions by land-seeking peasants and commercial farmers, slash and burn agriculture, the so-called ‘hamburger connection’ involving the rapid conversion of forest land to pasture, the expansion of cash crops such as coffee and bananas, logging activities, fuelwood gathering, and additional pressures on forest land exerted through population growth and urbanization. Many of these ‘causes’ of deforestation, however, are really features of a particular style of development that began to take shape during the colonial era, became more pronounced during the late 1800s and ‘took off’ during the latter half of this century.

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  • Peter Utting, 1997. "Deforestation in Central America: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jan P. Groot & Ruerd Ruben (ed.), Sustainable Agriculture in Central America, chapter 2, pages 9-29, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37808-7_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230378087_2
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    Cited by:

    1. Boris Bravo & Horacio Cocchi & Daniel Solís, 2006. "Adoption of Soil Conservation Technologies in El Salvador: A cross-Section and Over-Time Analysis," OVE Working Papers 1806, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE).
    2. Zbinden, Simon & Lee, David R., 2005. "Paying for Environmental Services: An Analysis of Participation in Costa Rica's PSA Program," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 255-272, February.

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