Clearcut: Political Economies of Deforestation is an open access book by Markus Kröger published by Cambridge University Press is a robust analysis of the range of motivations for deforestation. Clearcut looks in-depth at the regionally dominant extractive sectors of Brazilian cattle ranching, Amazonian narco-gold mining, and Finnish paper pulping. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on political ethnography and world systems analyses across the Global North-South divide. A new theory is developed and applied, which identifies regionally dominant political-economic systems as the driving forces behind deforestation. This book is essential reading for advanced students, researchers, and policy makers working in (de)forestation, environmental studies, environmental law, economics, conservation, climate change, and sustainability, leading to a deeper understanding of why our planet's forests are under threat.