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The Forest-Hydrology-Poverty Nexus in Central America: An Heuristic Analysis

A "forest-hydrology-poverty nexus" hypothesis asserts that deforestation in poor upland areas simultaneously threatens biodiversity and increases the incidence of flooding, sedimentation, and other damaging hydrological processes. The aut...

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Main Authors:	Nelson, Andrew, Chomitz, Kenneth M.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE AMAZON BASIN BASIN DISCHARGE BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY LOSS BIOLOGY BROOKS CHEMICAL POLLUTION CLOUDS CONSERVATION CORAL REEFS CROPS DATA COLLECTION DATA SOURCES DEFORESTATION DOMESTIC BENEFITS DRAIN DRY SEASON ECOLOGY ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES EQUILIBRIUM EROSION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FARMERS FLOOD FLOODING FLOODING EFFECTS FLOODS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOREST COVER FORESTS FRESHWATER GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE HABITATS HOUSEHOLDS HYDROLOGICAL MODELS HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES HYDROLOGY INCOME LAKES LAND COVER LAND COVER CHANGE LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION LAND USE LAND USE IMPACTS LAND USES LOCAL WATERSHED MANAGEMENT MEASUREMENTS MODELING MOISTURE NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCES PLANT SPECIES POLLUTION POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY LINE PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS RAINFALL RECHARGE RIVER RIVER BASINS RIVERS SATELLITE IMAGES SEDIMENT SEDIMENTATION SOIL TYPES SOILS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOPOGRAPHY TREES TRIBUTARIES TROPICAL FORESTS UPLAND AREAS UPLAND LAND URBAN AREAS VEGETATION WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS WATER YIELD WATERSHED WATERSHED BOUNDARIES WATERSHED LEVEL WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHED SCALE WATERSHEDS WETLANDS WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5216704/forest-hydrology-poverty-nexus-central-america-heuristic-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14226