Conference Agenda
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Thematic Session: New Empirical Evidence on Forest Conservation (Streaming) Location: B009 Session Chair: David Wuepper, University of Bonn | |
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Fire and Punishment: Enforcement incentives and strategic fire use in the Brazilian Amazon University of California Santa Barbara, United States of America Over the past two decades, the Brazilian Amazon has experienced persistent forest fires, even as monitoring and law enforcement against illegal deforestation have improved. This paper argues that advances in enforcement technology have reshaped illegal behavior, favoring fire use over more detectable deforestation methods. Using cloud cover as an instrument for satellite-based detection, I find that municipalities under more intensive surveillance exhibit higher fire frequency. This suggests that farmers adapt by substituting detectable deforestation technologies with less detectable alternatives. These findings reveal unintended consequences of targeted enforcement and underscore the need for comprehensive monitoring strategies that address multiple deforestation methods. | |