What's governance got to do with it? Examining the relationship between governance and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

ABSTRACT: Deforestation continues at rapid rates despite global conservation efforts. Evidence suggests that governance may play a critical role in influencing deforestation, and while a number of studies have demonstrated a clear relationship between national-level governance and deforestation, much remains to be known about the relative importance of subnational governance to deforestation outcomes. With a focus on the Brazilian Amazon, this study aims to understand the relationship between governance and deforestation at the municipal level. Drawing on the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) as a guiding conceptual framework, and incorporating the additional dimension of environmental governance, we identified a wide array of publicly available data sources related to governance indi

SUBMITTER: Benzeev R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9223320 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature