Drivers of deforestation and degradation for 28 tropical conservation landscapes.

ABSTRACT: Analysing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in conservation landscapes can provide crucial information for conservation management. While rates of forest loss can be measured through remote sensing, on the ground information is needed to confirm the commodities and actors behind deforestation. We administered a questionnaire to Wildlife Conservation Society's landscape managers to assess the deforestation drivers in 28 tropical conservation landscapes. Commercial and subsistence agriculture were the main drivers of deforestation, followed by settlement expansion and infrastructure development. Rice, rubber, cassava and maize were the crops most frequently cited as drivers of deforestation in these emblematic conservation landscapes. Landscape managers expected deforestati

SUBMITTER: Jayathilake HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708588 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature