Citation
Sellers, Samuel (2017). Family Planning and Deforestation: Evidence from the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Population and Environment, 38(4), 424-447. PMCID: PMC5646704
Abstract
Despite an abundant body of literature exploring the relationship between population growth and forest cover change, comparatively little research has explored the forest cover impacts of family planning use, which is a key determinant of the rate of population growth in many developing country contexts. Using data from a farm-level panel survey in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon, this paper addresses whether family planning use impacts forest cover change. Longitudinal model results show that after controlling for household life cycle and land use variables, family planning use did not have an independent effect on deforestation, reforestation, or net forest loss between 1990 and 2008. Forest cover change patterns appear indicative of farm life cycle effects. However, family planning use is associated with reduced subsequent fertility among households, suggesting that the relationship between population growth from births and forest cover change may be limited in this setting.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11111-017-0275-1Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
2017
Journal Title
Population and Environment
Author(s)
Sellers, Samuel
PMCID
PMC5646704
ORCiD
Sellers - 0000-0002-8216-2438
