Everyone agrees that massive deforestation is an environmental disaster. But most of the standard solutions — scolding the Brazilians, invoking universal morality — ignore the one solution that might actually work. Originally released on Freakonomics Radio, Steve gives an update on what’s happened in the two years since this episode first ran.
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Relevant Research & References
Here’s where you can learn more about the people and ideas in this episode:
SOURCES
- Daniel Nepstad, president and founder of the Earth Innovation Institute.
- Michael Greenstone, former chief economist for the Council of Economic Advisors and economics professor at the University of Chicago.
- Gretchen Daily, environmental science professor at Stanford University.
RESOURCES
- “The true cost of carbon pollution,” by the Environmental Defense Fund (Environmental Defense Fund, 2020).
- “CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” by Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (Our World Data, 2019).
- “Impacts of China’s Grain for Green Program on Migration and Household Income,” by Paul Treacy, Pamela Jagger, Conghe Song, Qi Zhang, and Richard E Bilsborrow (Environ Manage, 2018).
- “China cuts smog but health damage already done: study,” by David Stanway (Reuters, 2018).
- “Farms Here, Forests There: Tropical Deforestation and U.S. Competitiveness in Agriculture and Timber,” by Shari Friedman, David Gardiner & Associates (2010).
- “Cattle Ranching in the Amazon Rainforest,” by J. B. Veiga, J.F. Tourrand, R. Poccard-Chapuis, and M.G. Piketty (XII World Forestry Congress, 2003).
EXTRA
- Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, by William Cronon.
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