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Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia pp 3–25Cite as

Policy Options for Stabilising the Forest Frontier: A Global Perspective

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The purpose of this paper is to summarise different research results about the impact of macro-level factors and “extra-sectoral” policies on tropical forest cover. Specifically, we are interested in the forest margins — i.e. the spatial transition zone between tropical forests and converted land uses. What are the policy factors that accelerate frontier expansion, and which ones tend to slow it down? The term “extra-sectoral” refers to all the things that happen outside of forests and forestry, yet nevertheless have a significant effect on forests. For instance, how do changes in international trade and a country’s balance of payment affect deforestation? What does it mean for pressures on forests that a country drastically devalues its currency? What is the role of population growth?

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  1. Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Geography, Georg-August-University, Goldschmidtstr. 5, 37077, Göttingen, Germany

    Gerhard Gerold

  2. Institute for Socio-cultural Studies, Kassel University, Steinstr. 19, 37213, Witzenhausen, Germany

    Michael Fremerey

  3. Kantor Kerjasama Jerman, Gunung Gede, Bogor, Indonesia

    Edi Guhardja

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Wunder, S. (2004). Policy Options for Stabilising the Forest Frontier: A Global Perspective. In: Gerold, G., Fremerey, M., Guhardja, E. (eds) Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08237-9_1

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