How Do Climate Adaptation Policies Affect Deforestation? Evidence from a Large-Scale Water Policy

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorDa Mata, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorTalles, Rhamon
dc.coverage.spatialBrasiles_ES
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-12T23:05:22Z
dc.date.available2025-12-12T23:05:22Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-12
dc.description.tableofcontentsThis paper examines the effects of a climate adaptation policy on production and environmental outcomes in the context of Brazil’s semiarid region, the country’s poorest and most drought prone region. The large-scale, low-cost water policy builds rainwater reservoirs designed to boost production and strengthen rural producers’ resilience. Using a difference-in-differences approach and linking property-level administrative data to high resolution satellite data, we find that cistern construction real locates land toward higher-productivity uses. Results indicate an increase in cropland area by 7.6% and higher-quality pasture area by 14.5%, while lower-quality pasture area decreases by 3.2%. Forest cover increases by 1.1%, consistent with a land saving effect driven by a reduction of lower-quality pasture. Effects hold across property sizes and are slightly larger in magnitude for small-sized properties. Our cost-benefit analysis reveals a positive aggregate return with each invested monetary unit generating 1.76 units of benefits, indicating that adaptation policies can also advance mitigation goals via forest preservation.es_ES
dc.identifier.citationDa Mata, D., & Talles, R. (2025, December 12). How Do Climate Adaptation Policies Affect Deforestation? Evidence from a Large-Scale Water Policy. Retrieved from https://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/2557en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/2557
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAmbientees_ES
dc.subjectCambio climático
dc.subjectRecursos naturales
dc.subjectAgua y saneamiento
dc.subjectAgricultura
dc.titleHow Do Climate Adaptation Policies Affect Deforestation? Evidence from a Large-Scale Water Policyes_ES
dc.typeworkingPaperes_ES

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
How Do Climate Adaptation Policies Affect Deforestation.pdf
Size:
8.8 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

6.1 Documentos de trabajo en investigación socioeconómica