Tropical Forests

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Does Deforestation Increase Malaria Rates? Not in Africa, We’re Surprised to Find
Sebastian Bauhoff
and
Jonah Busch
March 22, 2018
Deforestation isn’t associated with higher malaria prevalence in children in 17 African countries. Nor is it associated with higher fever in children in 41 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. That’s the surprising conclusion of our new CGD working paper.
Blog Post

Guyana’s Forest Preservation Agreement: Hopes, Fears, and Consequences
William Savedoff
February 21, 2018
WORKING PAPER

Guyana’s REDD+ Agreement with Norway: Perceptions of and Impacts on Indigenous Communities - Working Paper 476
Tim Laing
February 21, 2018
This report examines the impact of the REDD+ agreement between Guyana and Norway on indigenous communities in the country. It aims to understand the concerns, hopes, and fears of indigenous communities at the start of the agreement, and the effects, if any, that communities have faced from REDD+.
Blog Post

Why Forests? Why Now? New Developments for the New Year
Frances Seymour
and
Jonah Busch
January 12, 2018
Just over a year ago, we released our book Why Forests? Why Now? The Science, Economics, and Politics of Tropical Forests and Climate Change. To ensure the widest possible distribution, we are now delighted to make the full book available online for free.