Colombia

Forests, Coca, and Conflict: Grass Frontier Dynamics and Deforestation in the Amazon-Andes
Population growth with weak economic development can promote tropical deforestation, but government infrastructure investment can also …
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Forests, Coca, and Conflict: Grass Frontier Dynamics and Deforestation in the Amazon-Andes
No peace for the forest: Rapid, widespread land changes in the Andes-Amazon region following the Colombian civil war
Negative environmental impacts of violent conflict have been observed worldwide. Whether or not active global conflicts are declining …
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No peace for the forest: Rapid, widespread land changes in the Andes-Amazon region following the Colombian civil war
Social Investment and Smallholder Coca Cultivation in Colombia
Colombia is the largest supplier of coca leaf in the world, and fields smaller than one-hectare account for more than 60 per cent of …
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Social Investment and Smallholder Coca Cultivation in Colombia
Fires in protected areas reveal unforseen costs of Colombian peace
Armed conflict, and its end, can have powerful effects on natural resources, but the influence of war and peace on highly biodiverse …
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Fires in protected areas reveal unforseen costs of Colombian peace
The Ghosts of Development Past: Deforestation and Coca in Western Amazonia
For decades coca cultivation has been proposed as a cause of deforestation and attractor of migration to the forest frontier of western …
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The Origins of Cocaine: Colonization and Failed Development in the Amazon Andes
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Opposition Support and the Experience of Violence Explain the Colombian Peace Referendum
What factors led to the surprise defeat of the Colombian peace referendum? Descriptive analyses suggested a link between support for …
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Identifying municipal risk factors for leftist guerrilla violence in Colombia
This study examines determinants of leftist violence at the municipal level in Colombia from 2000 through 2010. A multilevel GLMM model …
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Spatial autocorrelation reduces model precision and predictive power in deforestation analyses
Generalized linear models are often used to identify covariates of landscape processes and to model land‐use change. Generalized linear …
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The world drug problem and sustainable development
Illicit crop cultivation often occurs in forested areas and contributes to deforestation when it results in the clearing of woodland. …
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