According to the economy-environment trade-off, good economic conditions raise citizens' concerns about the environment, while economic recessions reduce the interest. This paper explores this hypothesis in print media and considers the quantitative media coverage of deforestation in three English-language newspapers between 1995 and 2015. The empirical findings reject the economy-environment trade-off and show that print media coverage of deforestation exhibits a modest but significant increase during economic downturns and slows down in case of good economic conditions. The mass media can reflect public opinion on major environmental issues but at the same time, tend to influence public opinion selecting and framing newsworthy issues. A stable media attention on deforestation issues, even during economic recessions, can contribute to create public support and legitimization for ambitious environmental policies aimed at governing forest conservation.

根据经济与环境的权衡，良好的经济状况会增加公民对环境的担忧，而经济衰退则降低了兴趣。本文在印刷媒体中探讨了这一假设，并考虑了 1995 年至 2015 年三份英文报纸对森林砍伐的定量媒体报道。实证结果拒绝了经济-环境权衡，并表明印刷媒体对森林砍伐的报道表现出适度但在经济不景气时显着增加，在经济状况良好时放缓。大众媒体可以反映对重大环境问题的舆论，但同时也倾向于影响舆论对具有新闻价值的问题的选择和框架。即使在经济衰退期间，媒体对森林砍伐问题的稳定关注，