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Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

Agricultural expansion is recognized as a major driver of forest loss in the tropics. However, accurate data on the links between agriculture and tropical deforestation are lacking. Pendrill et al. synthesized existing research and datasets to quantify the extent to which tropical deforestation from...

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Autores principales: Pendrill, Florence, Gardner, Toby A., Meyfroidt, Patrick, Adams, Justin, Azevedo, Tasso, Bastos Lima, Mairon G., Baumann, Matthias, Curtis, Philip G., Sy, Veronique de, Garrett, Rachael, Godar, Javier, Dow Goldman, Elizabeth, Hansen, Matthew C., Heilmayr, Robert, Herold, Martin, Kuemmerle, Tobias, Lathuillière, Michael J., Ribeiro, Vivian, Tyukavina, Alexandra, Weisse, Mikaela J., West, Chris
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022
Materias:
deforestation
agriculture
climate-smart agriculture
conservation agriculture
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125045
Sumario:Agricultural expansion is recognized as a major driver of forest loss in the tropics. However, accurate data on the links between agriculture and tropical deforestation are lacking. Pendrill et al. synthesized existing research and datasets to quantify the extent to which tropical deforestation from 2011 to 2015 was associated with agriculture. They estimated that at least 90% of deforested land occurred in landscapes where agriculture drove forest loss, but only about half was converted into productive agricultural land. Data availability and trends vary across regions, suggesting complex links between agriculture and forest loss. —BEL

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