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The super-rich and cropland expansion via direct investments in agriculture (Dataset)

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Author	Ceddia, Michele Graziano
Abstract	Cropland expansion represents an important cause of tropical deforestation, contributing to the loss of ecosystems’ functions. Flex-crops (e.g., oil palm, soy, sugar cane) account for an increasing share of cropland and contribute significantly to carbon emissions and biodiversity loss. Various forms of inequality have been shown to impact on agricultural expansion, yet the effect of wealth concentration among the super-rich is understudied. Here I show how, over the period 1991-2014, the large amount of wealth in the hands of high net worth individuals (HNWI) stimulated foreign direct investments in agriculture in Latin America and South-East Asia. This, in turn, drove the expansion of flex-crops areas. The combination of these two effects implies that, a 1% increase in the wealth of HNWI generated an expansion of the flex-crops area share of up to 2.4-10%. The results point to the urgency of addressing wealth inequality to protect the remaining forests.
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DOI	10.5061/dryad.xsj3tx9bc
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Language	English
Publisher Date	2020-02-28
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Wealth Inequality Flex-crops Dynamic Panel Data
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Data Set
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Ecology Urban Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Food Science Global and Planetary Change Nature and Landscape Conservation

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