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Innovations in conservation and development in Amazonian rainforest: endogenous community location and poverty traps

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26245032
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo (2015-2019)
University of Tsukuba (2014)

Principal Investigator

Takasaki Yoshito  東京大学, 大学院経済学研究科(経済学部), 教授 (00334029)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥37,310,000 (Direct Cost: ¥28,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥8,610,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥8,580,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,980,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥7,410,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,710,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥14,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,390,000)
Keywords開発経済学 / 貧困 / 熱帯雨林 / GIS / アマゾン / 農村 / 国際研究者交流 / カナダ / ペルー / カナダ:ペルー
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to conduct innovative interdisciplinary research on tropical forest conservation and development in the Peruvian Amazon by combining a largest-scale field research and remote sensing/GIS. Building on basin community census data covering 919 communities in 6 basins we had already collected, we conducted community and household surveys for about 4,000 households in 235 communities. Using remote sensing/GIS, we constructed various measures, such as forest cover, flood vulnerability, open water/inundated area, soil fertility, river network distance, and so forth. By combining these data, we conducted empirical analysis on a wide range of important interdisciplinary topics, leading to significant academic contributions. This study has extended to a leading interdisciplinary international collaborative project.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

「熱帯雨林の保全と開発はどうしたら両立できるのか」という人類にとっての大きな課題に取り組んだ。実証分析(経済学)、フィールドリサーチ(地理学)、リモートセンシングという3つの研究群を有機的に統合し、これまでにないスケールで、革新的な学際的国際共同研究を実践した。導かれた多くの新しい知見は、アマゾン熱帯雨林の保全と開発のための政策立案・実践に極めて有益である。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2019 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • 2014 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(30 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (5 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 6 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 15 results,  Invited: 4 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] マクギル大学/トロント大学(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 国立サンマルコス大学(ペルー)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マクギル大学/トロント大学(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マクギル大学/トロント大学(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マクギル大学/トロント大学(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Rural social networks along Amazonian rivers: seeds, labor and soccer among communities on the Napo River, Peru2017

    • Author(s)
      Abizaid, Christian, Oliver T. Coomes, Yoshito Takasaki, and J. Pablo Arroyo-Mora
    • Journal Title

      Geographical Review

      Volume: 印刷中 Pages: 92-119

    • DOI

      10.1111/gere.12244

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] A cost path and network analysis methodology to calculate distances along a complex river network in the Peruvian Amazon2016

    • Author(s)
      Webster, K., Arroyo-Mora, J. P., Coomes, O. T., Takasaki, Y, and Abizaid C
    • Journal Title

      Applied Geography

      Volume: 73 Pages: 13-25

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.05.008

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Environmental and market determinants of economic orientation among rain forest communities: evidence from a large-scale survey in western Amazonia2016

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, Oliver T., Yoshito Takasaki, Christian Abizaid, and J. Pablo Arroyo-Mora
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Economics

      Volume: 129 Pages: 260-271

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.06.001

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Forests as landscapes of social inequality: Tropical forest cover and land distribution among shifting cultivators2016

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, Oliver T., Yoshito Takasaki, and Jeanine Rhemtulla
    • Journal Title

      Ecology and Society

      Volume: 21(3) Pages: 20-20

    • DOI

      10.5751/es-08684-210320

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Social network analysis of peasant agriculture: cooperative labor as gendered relational networks2015

    • Author(s)
      Abizaid, Christian, Oliver T. Coomes, Yoshito Takasaki, and Stephanie Brisson
    • Journal Title

      The Professional Geographer

      Volume: 印刷中 Pages: 447-463

    • DOI

      10.1080/00330124.2015.1006562

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] An efficient nonmarket institution under imperfect markets: labor sharing for tropical forest clearing2014

    • Author(s)
      2. Takasaki, Yoshito, Oliver T. Coomes, Christian Abizaid, and Stephanie Brisson
    • Journal Title

      American Journal of Agricultural Economics

      Volume: 96 Pages: 711-732

    • DOI

      10.1093/ajae/aat102

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Cheap Chinese motors, cell phones and livelihoods in the Peruvian Amazon2019

    • Author(s)
      Abizaid, C., O.T. Coomes, and Y. Takasaki
    • Organizer
      Lunch Lab Group Series, School of the Environment, University of Toronto
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Rural livelihoods & poverty in Western Amazonia: initial findings from the PARLAP Project2019

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, O.T., Y. Takasaki and C. Abizaid
    • Organizer
      Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology/The Earth Institute, Columbia University
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Risk and opportunity in riverine Amazonia: a regional analysis of the Peruvian Amazon2018

    • Author(s)
      Abizaid, C., O.T. Coomes, Y. Takasaki, and L. Johnson
    • Organizer
      Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The social and spatial distribution of poverty in western Amazonia2018

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, O.T., Y. Takasaki, and C. Abizaid
    • Organizer
      Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cheap Chinese motors, cell phones and livelihoods in the Peruvian Amazon2018

    • Author(s)
      Abizaid, C., O.T. Coomes, and Y. Takasaki
    • Organizer
      Canadian Association of Geographers - Ontario Division Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Peruvian Amazon Rural Livelihoods and Poverty (PARLAP) Project: A large-scale study among rain forest communities in Western Amazonia2017

    • Author(s)
      Abizaid, C., O.T. Coomes, Y. Takasaki, and J.P Arroyo-Mora
    • Organizer
      Geography Colloquium Series
    • Place of Presentation
      Austin (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Regional markets and terms of trade in the Peruvian Amazon2017

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, O.T., Y. Takasaki, C. Abizaid, and J.P. Arroyo-Mora
    • Organizer
      Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
    • Place of Presentation
      New Orleans (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-04
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Impoverishment of local environmental resources in western Amazonia: results from a large-scale community study2017

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, O.T., Y. Takasaki, and C. Abizaid
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Community exposure to natural environmental hazards in riverine Peruvian Amazonia2017

    • Author(s)
      Abizaid, C., O.T. Coomes, L. Johnson, M. Lapointe, M. Kalacska, and Y. Takasaki
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] El estado del recurso pesquero en comunidades de la ribera Amazonica: un diagnostico a gran escala de la Region Ucayali (Fish resource availability in Amazonian riverine communities: a large-scale diagnostic from the Ucayali Region)2017

    • Author(s)
      Abizaid, C., Y. Takasaki and O.T. Coomes
    • Organizer
      Regional Directorate of Fisheries-Ucayali, Pucallpa, Peru
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Peruvian Amazon Rural Livelihoods and Poverty (PARLAP) Project: a large-scale study among rain forest communities in western Amazonia2016

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, O.T., Y. Takasaki, C. Abizaid, and JP. Arroyo-Mora
    • Organizer
      Frontier Seminar Series
    • Place of Presentation
      Toronto (Canada)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Environmental and economic determinants of rain forest livelihood choice: a community-level approach2016

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, O.T., Y. Takasaki, C. Abizaid and J.P. Arroyo-Mora
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2016-04-02
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Rural social networks along Amazonian rivers: Soccer, seeds, and labor among rural communities on the Napo River, Peru2016

    • Author(s)
      Abizaid C., O.T. Coomes, Y. Takasaki, and P. Arroyo Mora
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2016-04-02
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Environmental and economic determinants of rain forest livelihood choice: a community-level analysis from western Amazonia2015

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, O.T., Y. Takasaki, C. Abizaid and J.P. Arroyo-Mora
    • Organizer
      Forests and Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement (FLARE) Network Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Paris, France
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-29
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Rural poverty among indigenous and folk peoples in western Amazonia: The PARLAP Project2015

    • Author(s)
      Coomes, O.T., Y. Takasaki, C. Abizaid and P. Arroyo
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] Yoshito Takasaki

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/takasakiweb/

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Peruvian Amazon Rural Livelihoods and Poverty

    • URL

      https://parlap.geog.mcgill.ca/

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Peruvian Amazon Rural Livelihoods and Poverty

    • URL

      http://parlap.geog.mcgill.ca/

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Peruvian Amazon Rural Livelihoods and Poverty

    • URL

      http://parlap.geog.mcgill.ca/Parlap

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2022-11-04  

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