Palm Oil and the Politics of Deforestation in Indonesia
Palm Oil and the Politics of Deforestation in Indonesia
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棕榈油与印度尼西亚森林砍伐的政治
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2021
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N. Nuryartono
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E. Cisneros;Krisztina Kis;N. Nuryartono
本文研究了政治和经济激励措施之间的相互作用，以促进印尼地区的森林转换。使用2001年至2016年的区级面板数据集，我们分析了遥感森林损失和森林火灾以及土地使用许可措施的变化。我们将这些结果与扩大油棕种植面积的经济激励以及在特定时间的地方市长选举之前产生的政治激励联系起来。经验结果证明，在地方选举前一年，毁林和森林火灾大幅增加。此外，油棕榈在推动森林砍伐动态方面发挥着关键作用。全球棕榈油市场价格的变化与地理气候最适合种植油棕榈的地区的森林砍伐密切相关，它们放大了政治周期的重要性。因此，我们发现明确的证据表明，经济和政治动机相互加强，成为森林损失和土地转用于油棕榈种植的驱动因素。
This paper studies the interactions between political and economic incentives to foster forest conversion in Indonesian districts. Using a district-level panel data set from 2001 to 2016, we analyze variation in remotely sensed forest loss and forest fires as well as measures of land use licensing. We link these outcomes to economic incentives to expand oil palm cultivation areas as well as political incentives arising before idiosyncratically-timed local mayoral elections. Empirical results document substantial increases in deforestation and forest fires in the year prior to local elections. Additionally, oil palm plays a crucial role in driving deforestation dynamics. Variations in global market prices of palm oil are closely linked to deforestation in areas which are geo-climatically best suited for growing oil palm and they amplify the importance of the political cycle. We thus find clear evidence for economic and political incentives reinforcing each other as drivers of forest loss and land conversion for oil palm cultivation.