Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper measures the environmental footprint of trade-related activities that use land intensively. By combining detailed data on forest cover at the municipal level in Colombia with exports at the same level of disaggregation, the study measures the extent to which the exports of agriculture, mining, and livestock are associated with deforestation. It establishes a causal link by relying on a measure of foreign demand as a source of exogenous variation for the export variable. While exports in some sectors have led to deforestation, this effect is mitigated when production is located in protected areas, indicating that there is no linear relationship between agricultural exports and deforestation. This, in turn, suggests several areas for public policy intervention.
Source: Journal of Economic Integration
DOI: 10.11130/jei.2024058
Authors: Juan S. Blyde, Mayra A. Ramírez
Institution: Inter-American Development Bank
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Life on land, Climate action
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407187093