A Review of Small Farmer Land Use and Deforestation in Tropical Forest Frontiers: Implications for Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods

Forest conversion for agriculture is the most expansive signature of human occupation on the Earth’s surface. This paper develops a conceptual model of factors underlying frontier agricultural expansion—the predominant driver of deforestation worldwide—from the perspective of small farm households—t...

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Main Author: David López-Carr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Land
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1113