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DOI	10.1038/s41893-020-0537-2
	Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
	Probst B.; BenYishay A.; Kontoleon A.; dos Reis T.N.P.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2398-9629
英文摘要	Across carbon- and biodiversity-rich tropical forests, titling initiatives are implemented with the goal of regularizing land tenure and decreasing deforestation. However, the effect of tenure security on deforestation is theoretically ambiguous, and credible empirical evidence is lacking. We analyse the responses of 10,647 landholders between 2011 and 2016 to a large-scale land-titling programme called Terra Legal in the Brazilian Amazon, set to regulate an area as big as Germany and France combined. Using a fixed-effects regression modelling strategy and property-level data, we managed to explore the causal chain between land titling and deforestation. Contrary to expectations, we find evidence that small and medium landholders increased deforestation in response to the programme, whereas large landholders remained largely unaffected. Landholders with property titles deforest more as crop and cattle prices increase, indicating greater market integration at the expense of conservation. Our results suggest that titling alone without greater coordination with other policies will not yield the expected environmental benefits. © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biodiversity; Brazilian Amazon; Causal chains; Environmental benefits; Fixed effects; Market integration; Prices increase; Regression modelling; Tropical forest; Deforestation
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/163426
作者单位	Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Economics, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, United States; AidData, Williamsburg, VA, United States; Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium; Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM), Brasília, Brazil
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Probst B.,BenYishay A.,Kontoleon A.,et al. Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon[J],2020.
APA	Probst B.,BenYishay A.,Kontoleon A.,&dos Reis T.N.P..(2020).Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.Nature Sustainability.
MLA	Probst B.,et al."Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon".Nature Sustainability (2020).