The Linkage Between Economic Growth and Deforestation in OIC (The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) Countries

The issue between economic growth and the environment is interesting when it is studied further. Deforestation is one of the greatest environmental issues requiring serious public concern. This study examines the effect of gross domestic product per capita, agricultural land, exports and foreign direct investment towards deforestation in the 12 OIC member countries over 14 years from 1997-2014 using an Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) with Generalised to Specific Models (GTSM) technique. The results showed that in the long-term.x, gross domestic product per capita, export, foreign direct investment, and agricultural land have a significant effect. Meanwhile, in the short-term, agricultural land and exports showed significantly at a statistical level.