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Central European Journal of Geography and Sustainable Development, 2022 Forest degradation occurs in natural World Heritage Sites (WHS) in the Global South despite the implementation of various strategic policies and the World Heritage Convention (WHC) on forest protections of the sites and this poses challenges to improve
Eveline Aggrey Enoguanbhor +2 more
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Does degradation from selective logging and illegal activities differently impact forest resources? A case study in Ghana [PDF]
, 2016 Degradation, a reduction of the ecosystem’s capacity to supply goods and services, is widespread in tropical forests and mainly caused by human disturbance.
Cazzolla Gatti, R. +11 more
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The context of REDD+ in the Lao People's Democratic Republic: drivers, agents and institutions [PDF]
, 2013 This report explores the drivers (both direct and indirect) of deforestation and forest degradation and discusses the political, economic and social opportunities and constraints that will influence the design and implementation of REDD+ in Laos.
Castella, Jean-Christophe +6 more
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Peat Swamp Forest Degradation: Impacts, Affected Communities and Losses
E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 Degradation of peat swamp forest have locally, regionally and regionally impact. This paper presents the impact of peat swamp forest degradation with a focus on the study of communities around peat swamp forest.
Ulya Nur Arifatul +3 more
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Estimation of biomass density and carbon storage in the forests of Andhra Pradesh, India, with emphasis on their deforestation and degradation conditions [PDF]
, 2015 The current study evaluates the growing stock, biomass and carbon content of Andhra Pradesh state’s forest (India) along with its current status of forest degradation and loss.
Lakshmi, P. Mamtha +1 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2013 Primary forest extent, loss and degradation within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were quantified from 2000 to 2010 by combining directly mapped forest cover extent and loss data (CARPE) with indirectly mapped forest degradation data (intact ...
I Zhuravleva +9 more
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Land and Forest Degradation inside Protected Areas in Latin America
Diversity, 2013 Using six years of remote sensing data, we estimated land and forest degradation inside 1788 protected areas across 19 countries in Latin America. From 2004–2009, the rate of land and forest degradation increased by 250% inside the protected areas, and ...
Louis Reymondin +4 more
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CO2 emissions from forest degradation in Brazilian Amazon
Environmental Research Letters, 2020 Forest degradation is widespread around the world, due to multiple factors such as unsustainable logging, agriculture, invasive species, fire, fuelwood gathering, and livestock grazing.
Talita Oliveira Assis +6 more
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Monitoring, reporting and vrification for national REDD+programmes: two proposals [PDF]
, 2011 Different options have been suggested by Parties to the UNFCCC (United Framework Convention on Climate Change) for inclusion in national approaches to REDD and REDD + (reduced deforestation, reduced degradation, enhancement of forest carbon stocks ...
Herold, M., Skutsch, M.
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2019 Deforestation and forest degradation are major drivers of global environmental change and tropical forests are subjected to unprecedented pressures from both.
Gabriel Yesuf +2 more
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