Integrating Forest Cover Change with Census Data: Drivers and Contexts from Bolivia and the Lao PDR

Integrating Forest Cover Change with Census Data: Drivers and Contexts from Bolivia and the Lao PDR

The aim of this paper is to explore possible links between forest cover change and characteristics of social-ecological systems at sub-national scale based mainly on census data. We assessed relationships between population density, poverty, ethnicity, accessibility and forest cover change during th...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Boillat, Hy Dao, Patrick Bottazzi, Yuri Sandoval, Abraham Luna, Sithong Thongmanivong, Louca Lerch, Joan Bastide, Andreas Heinimann, Frédéric Giraut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
forest cover change
deforestation
integrative land change science
social-ecological systems
meso-scale
forest transitions
rural poverty
Bolivia
Laos
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/4/1/45

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