Impacts of Deforestation on Poverty: Case Study of the Region San Martin in Peru

One of the most relevant environmental degradation issues reported at the international and regional spheres is deforestation. From the 1980s, the relevant literature is focused on understanding what the drivers of deforestation are because its economic, social, and environmental effects may put at risk human well-being and biodiversity for current and future generations. Even though its definition and quantification is in constant flux and evolution there is a consensus that deforestation has to be controlled and globally its expansion reduced.