Sven Wunder is Scientist and Senior Economist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia.

• Introduction  1. The Malady of Prosperity  2. The Impact of Oil Wealth on Forests  3. Defining and Measuring Changing Forest Conditions  4. Gabon  5. Venezuela  6. Cameroon  7. Ecuador  8. Papua New Guinea  9. More Tales of Oil Wealth and Forests: Mexico, Nigeria and Indonesia  10. Comparison, Conclusions and Recommendations

'The importance of the author's conclusions cannot be understated as it gives a favourable impression of the extractive industries and challenges the environmental activists who automatically wage campaigns against them.' - Robert Arnott, The Journal of Energy Literature'Overall the book provides an in-depth insight into the economy of the countries analysed, and is a very topical and accessible book with numerous implications for policy formulation to decide what can be done to deminish deforestation without jeopardising economic growth.' - Robert Arnott, The Journal of Energy Literature'Sven Wunder has produced a valuable book that will help economists understand the environmental effects of macroeconomic policies, especially deforestation ... Wunder also presents an impressive amount of data and history.' - Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies