The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America
Degraded lands—lands that have lost some degree of their natural productivity through human activity—account for over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million hecta...
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| author | Vergara, Walter Gallardo Lomeli, Luciana Ríos, Ana R. Isbell, Paul Prager, Steven D. Camino, Ronnie de |
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| description | Degraded lands—lands that have lost some degree of their natural productivity through human activity—account for over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million hectares are now classified as deforested. The agriculture and forestry sectors are growing and exerting great pressure on natural areas. With the region expected to play an increasingly important role in global food security, this pressure will continue to ratchet up. In addition, land degradation is a major driver in greenhouse gas emissions in the region. Forest and landscape restoration can offer a solution to these increasing pressures. |
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| spelling | CGSpace807302025-03-13T09:44:03Z The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America Vergara, Walter Gallardo Lomeli, Luciana Ríos, Ana R. Isbell, Paul Prager, Steven D. Camino, Ronnie de landscape conservation conservación del paisaje land use utilización de la tierra land degradation degradación de tierras greenhouse gases gases de efecto invernadero carbon sequestration secuestro de carbon food security seguridad alimentaria Degraded lands—lands that have lost some degree of their natural productivity through human activity—account for over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million hectares are now classified as deforested. The agriculture and forestry sectors are growing and exerting great pressure on natural areas. With the region expected to play an increasingly important role in global food security, this pressure will continue to ratchet up. In addition, land degradation is a major driver in greenhouse gas emissions in the region. Forest and landscape restoration can offer a solution to these increasing pressures. 2016 2017-04-18T20:56:44Z 2017-04-18T20:56:44Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80730 en Open Access World Resources Institute Vergara, Walter; Gallardo Lomeli, Luciana; Rios, Ana R.; Isbell, Paul; Prager Steven; De Camino, Ronnie. 2016. The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, USA. 68 p. |
| spellingShingle | landscape conservation conservación del paisaje land use utilización de la tierra land degradation degradación de tierras greenhouse gases gases de efecto invernadero carbon sequestration secuestro de carbon food security seguridad alimentaria Vergara, Walter Gallardo Lomeli, Luciana Ríos, Ana R. Isbell, Paul Prager, Steven D. Camino, Ronnie de The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America |
| title | The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America |
| title_full | The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America |
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| title_short | The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America |
| title_sort | economic case for landscape restoration in latin america |
| topic | landscape conservation conservación del paisaje land use utilización de la tierra land degradation degradación de tierras greenhouse gases gases de efecto invernadero carbon sequestration secuestro de carbon food security seguridad alimentaria |
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