Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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990106 | World Development | 2006 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryGlobalization is often viewed as a driver of deforestation, but there are contexts where it promotes forest recovery. This is the case in El Salvador. In spite of population densities in excess of 200 people per km2, the country, which has been seen as a Malthusian parable of population and ecological catastrophe, is now increasingly wooded. This reflects the impacts of globalization (new flows of labor, capital, commodities, and ideas) which profoundly affected the rural economy, as well as local processes such as civil war (which constrained the agricultural frontier), structural adjustment policies, and agrarian reform.
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Authors
Susanna B. Hecht, Susan Kandel, Ileana Gomes, Nelson Cuellar, Herman Rosa,