An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hosonuma, Noriko ^a   Herold, Martin ^b   De Sy, Veronique ^b   De Fries, Ruth S ^c   Brockhaus, Maria ^d   Verchot, Louis ^d   Angelsen, Arild ^d,e   Romijn, Erika ^d  

^a GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

deforestation; developing countries; drivers; forest degradation; forest transition model; proximate causes; tropics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHARCOAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGITAL STORAGE; TROPICS; TRUCK DRIVERS;

CHARCOAL PRODUCTION; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST TRANSITION; NATIONAL STRATEGIES; PROXIMATE CAUSE; REDD; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

DEFORESTATION;

CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; FUELWOOD; LOGGING (TIMBER); OVERGRAZING; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURE; CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTS; TROPICS;

AFRICA; ASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84867820803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044009     Document Type: Review

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