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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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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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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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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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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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Environmental Concerns of Deforestation in Myanmar 2001–2010
Remote Sensing, 2016 Deforestation in Myanmar has recently attracted much attention worldwide. This study examined spatio-temporal patterns of deforestation and forest carbon flux in Myanmar from 2001 to 2010 and environmental impacts at the regional scale using land ...
Chuyuan Wang, Soe W. Myint
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Does the Pressure of Population and Poverty cause Deforestation?
JSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, 2012 Deforestation has created several negative impacts such as reducing biodiversity, decreasing life support system and increasing green house gases emission. Identifying the causes of deforestation is a key to tackle this problem. Various studies have been
Pungky Widiaryanto
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Dynamic Amazonia: The EU–Mercosur Trade Agreement and Deforestation
Land, 2021 The trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries will increase deforestation in the Mercosur countries and Brazil, in particular, if ratified by member countries. We use a computable general equilibrium model to analyze how trade,
Eugenio Arima +3 more
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