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Microbial responses to changes in land use [PDF]
, 2011 Background/Question/Methods Land use change is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. This is especially true for land use change that results in the destruction of intact forest, or "deforestation”.
Brendan Bohannan +6 more
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The Scientific World Journal, 2014 Sampling designs are commonly used to estimate deforestation over large areas, but comparisons between different sampling strategies are required. Using PRODES deforestation data as a reference, deforestation in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil from ...
Shanyou Zhu +4 more
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Type-Inference Based Short Cut Deforestation (nearly) without Inlining [PDF]
, 1999 Deforestation optimises a functional program by transforming it into another one that does not create certain intermediate data structures. In [ICFP'99] we presented a type-inference based deforestation algorithm which performs extensive inlining ...
A. Gill +9 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Deforestation continues at rapid rates despite global conservation efforts. Evidence suggests that governance may play a critical role in influencing deforestation, and while a number of studies have demonstrated a clear relationship between national ...
Rayna Benzeev +6 more
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Forest deforestation dynamics and drivers in Latin America: a review since 1990
Colombia Forestal, 2014 Over the past few years there have been a considerable number of studies on deforestation in Latin America. Deforestation rates reported up to the 2000s are generally lower in the region than in other tropical areas.
Dolors Armenteras, Nelly Rodríguez
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Controls on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Explaining past success actions, new challenges and recommendations [PDF]
Acta AmazonicaThis paper reviews important processes that drive deforestation and its control in the Brazilian Amazon. Governmental programs decreased the rate of deforestation in the Amazon by 70% from 2004 to 2015.
Hassan C. DAVID, David W. MACFARLANE
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Forests, Coca, and Conflict: Grass Frontier Dynamics and Deforestation in the Amazon-Andes
Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021 Population growth with weak economic development can promote tropical deforestation, but government infrastructure investment can also open new frontiers and thus increase deforestation. In the Andean region of South America, population growth has been a
Liliana M. Davalos +4 more
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Towards a low carbon economy in the Amazon: the role of land-use policies [PDF]
, 2011 Climate change, rising oil prices and the global financial crisis has put sustainability and ‘green growth’ of the economy on the political agenda. While the transition towards a “low carbon” economy in developed countries like in the European Union ...
Debortolli, N. +3 more
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Spatial Model of Deforestation in Sumatra Islands Using Typological Approach
Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2015 High rate of deforestation occurred in Sumatra Islands had been allegedly triggered by various factors. This study examined how the deforestation pattern was related to the typology of the area, as well as how the deforestation is being affected by ...
Nurdin Sulistiyono +3 more
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Deforestation and climate change: acting on the causes. What the (carbon) market cannot do... [PDF]
, 2009 With an estimated average loss of around 13 million hectares per year between 2000 and 2005 – 7.3 million hectares if reforestation is taken into account, according to FAO –, tropical deforestation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. At around
Karsenty, Alain
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