Natural resource degradation effects of poverty and population growth are largely policy-induced: the case of Colombia

John Heath and Hans Binswanger

Environment and Development Economics, 1996, vol. 1, issue 01, pages 65-84

Abstract: The sustainability of natural resource use is influenced by population pressure, but this exercises a much less critical impact than the overall policy framework. In Colombia, various agricultural and other policies whose effect is to constrain the poor's access to land encourage environmental degradation. A case is made in favour of the new land reform process that Colombia is launching.

Date: 1996
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