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Economic lntegration and the Environment in El Salvador Herman Rosa

Economic lntegration and the Environment in El Salvador Herman Rosa Programa Salvadoreño de Investigación sobre Desarrollo y Medio Ambiente. 3D Image of El Salvador. Landsat TM & SRTM DEM. Source: Sasan Saatchi NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Percent Tree Cover. 0-10%. 11-25%. 26-40%.

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Economic lntegration and the Environment in El Salvador Herman Rosa

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  1. Economic lntegration and the Environment in El Salvador Herman Rosa Programa Salvadoreño de Investigación sobre Desarrollo y Medio Ambiente

  2. 3D Image of El Salvador Landsat TM & SRTM DEM Source: Sasan Saatchi NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  3. Percent Tree Cover 0-10% 11-25% 26-40% 41-55% 56-70% 71-100% AVHRR 92-93 MODIS 00-01

  4. Reduced tree cover Increased tree cover Increased tree cover Increased tree cover Changes in tree cover: 1992 - 2001 Change in Tree Cover, 1992 and 2001 (Percent)

  5. Peace Accords Civil War Surface in Corn (Thousands ha) Land reform Cotton Production collapses Orthodox economic reform Relative prices and profitability of agriculture continue to fall. Agroexports expand Peasants pushed to marginal hillsides Peasant agriculture expands despite falling real prices

  6. h.rosa@prisma.org.sv

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