A spatio-temporal analysis of forest loss related to cocaine trafficking in Central America

A spatio-temporal analysis of forest loss related to cocaine trafficking in Central America

A growing body of evidence suggests that criminal activities associated with drug trafficking networks are a progressively important driver of forest loss in Central America. However, the scale at which drug trafficking represents a driver of forest loss is not presently known. We estimated the degr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Steven E Sesnie, Beth Tellman, David Wrathall, Kendra McSweeney, Erik Nielsen, Karina Benessaiah, Ophelia Wang, Luis Rey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
Central America
cocaine trafficking
land use change
counter narcotics data
forest loss
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6fff

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6fff

Similar Items