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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Autores principales: Rudel, Thomas K., Coomes, O.T., Moran, E., Achard, F., Angelsen, A., Jianchu Xu, Lambin, E.F.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19131
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author Rudel, Thomas K.
Coomes, O.T.
Moran, E.
Achard, F.
Angelsen, A.
Jianchu Xu
Lambin, E.F.
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Angelsen, A.
Coomes, O.T.
Jianchu Xu
Lambin, E.F.
Moran, E.
Rudel, Thomas K.
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Coomes, O.T.
Moran, E.
Achard, F.
Angelsen, A.
Jianchu Xu
Lambin, E.F.
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description 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 inducing the spontaneous regeneration of forests in old fields. In other places a scarcity of forest products has prompted governments and landowners to plant trees in some fields. The transitions do little to conserve biodiversity, but they do sequester carbon and conserve soil, so governments should place a high priority on promoting them.
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spelling CGSpace191312025-01-24T14:20:05Z Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change Rudel, Thomas K. Coomes, O.T. Moran, E. Achard, F. Angelsen, A. Jianchu Xu Lambin, E.F. forest cover land use deforestation forest dynamics 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 inducing the spontaneous regeneration of forests in old fields. In other places a scarcity of forest products has prompted governments and landowners to plant trees in some fields. The transitions do little to conserve biodiversity, but they do sequester carbon and conserve soil, so governments should place a high priority on promoting them. 2005 2012-06-04T09:09:09Z 2012-06-04T09:09:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19131 en Rudel, T.K., Coomes, O.T., Moran, E., Achard, F., Angelsen, A., Jianchu Xu, Lambin, E.F. 2005. Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change . Global Environmental Change 15 (1) :23-31.
spellingShingle forest cover
land use
deforestation
forest dynamics
Rudel, Thomas K.
Coomes, O.T.
Moran, E.
Achard, F.
Angelsen, A.
Jianchu Xu
Lambin, E.F.
Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
title Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
title_full Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
title_fullStr Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
title_full_unstemmed Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
title_short Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
title_sort forest transitions towards a global understanding of land use change
topic forest cover
land use
deforestation
forest dynamics
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