An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries

Countries are encouraged to identify drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the development of national strategies and action plans for REDD+. In this letter we provide an assessment of proximate drivers of deforestation and forest degradation by synthesizing empirical data reported by c...

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Main Authors: Noriko Hosonuma, Martin Herold, Veronique De Sy, Ruth S De Fries, Maria Brockhaus, Louis Verchot, Arild Angelsen, Erika Romijn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044009