Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/200664 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 01-2019
Publisher: 
Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics, Marburg
Abstract: 
In this paper, I study the effectiveness of privately managed FSC certified forests and public sustainability reserves distributed over the entire Brazilian Amazon from 2002-2015. The paper uses high-resolution data on forest cover derived from satellite images and organized in a grid of 1 km2 cells. Using a difference-in-differences estimator in a regression discontinuity environment, I find an increase in deforestation of an annual area of 8,057 ha in FSC forests after the certification. Public sustainability zones' impact on deforestation is also positive but declines over time. The effectiveness of both type of zones improves if they are located closer to (export) markets or existing infrastructure.
Subjects: 
deforestation
commodity prices
sustainable forest management
JEL: 
J43
O13
O14
Q15
Q17
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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