Linking forests, deforestation, and nutritional outcomes: an observational study in nine African countries

Background: Agricultural expansion is a leading driver of deforestation, yet malnutrition remains a significant cause of morbidity. Understanding trade-offs and synergies between forest protection and agricultural expansion, and how they vary between groups across time, could help guide socially equ...

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Main Authors: Thomas Pienkowski, MSc, Borame Lee Dickens, PhD, Haoyang Sun, BSc, Luis Roman Carrasco, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519618300895