Oil production can damage rainforests, but this is just one side of a complicated story about the impact of oil on land use. This book a study of eight tropical oil-producing countries, examines the linkages between trade, macroeconomics and policies affecting the environment. In a balanced and comprehensive review, including a detailed assessment of land use in Cameroon, Ecuador, Gabon, Papua New Guinea and Venezuela, the author comes up with a counterintuitive suggestion: oil revenues often indirectly come to protect tropical forests. There are numerous implications for policy formulation to decide what can be done to diminish deforestation without jeopardising economic growth.
Publication year
2003
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
deforestation, fuel oil, petroleum, environmental impact, land use, national income, macroeconomics, trade, tropical forests
Geographic
Cameroon, Ecuador, Gabon, Papua New Guinea, Venezuela
