Forest Conservation and Renewable Energy Consumption: An ARDL Approach

Deforestation shows the constant environmental degradation that occurs worldwide as a result of growth economic activity and increase in population. This research examines causal link between renewable energy consumption, GDP, GDP2, non-renewable price, population forest area high, middle- low-income countries. Based on data obtained from World Development Indicators, autoregressive distributed lag model, with time series, is used to examine long-term cointegration relationship variables. The results justify existence joint variables analysed for middle-income countries When not at its equilibrium level, speed adjustment slow (0.44% 8.7%), which typical nature this natural resource. An consumption associated an 0.04 0.02 square kilometres cover, respectively. does show evidence about short term. Growth one main drivers preserving area. Therefore, those responsible making policies must aim their measures towards use clean energy.