Biophysical suitability, economic pressure and land-cover change: A global probabilistic approach and insights for REDD+

Sustainability Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-141

  Strassburg, Bernardo B N ^a,b,e   Latawiec, Agnieszka E ^a,c,d   Creed, Anna ^e   Nguyen, Nga ^f   Sunnenberg, Gilla ^d   Miles, Lera ^g   Lovett, Andrew ^d   Joppa, Lucas ^h   Ashton, Ralph ^e   Scharlemann, Jörn P W ^g,i   Cronenberger, Felipe ^j   Iribarrem, Alvaro ^k,l  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c OPOLE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e Terrestrial Carbon Group   (United States)

^f CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^g UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^h MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^j FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^k FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^l EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Agriculture expansion; Climate change; Deforestation; Land cover change; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897579417     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-013-0209-5     Document Type: Article

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