Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change

Places experience forest transitions when declines in forest cover cease and recoveries in forest cover begin. Forest transitions have occurred in two, sometimes overlapping circumstances. In some places economic development has created enough non-farm jobs to pull farmers off of the land, thereby i...

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Main Authors: Rudel, Thomas K., Coomes, O.T., Moran, E., Achard, F., Angelsen, A., Jianchu Xu, Lambin, E.F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19131

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