Changing Political Regimes and Tropical Deforestation

Kuusela, Olli-Pekka; Amacher, Gregory S.

doi:10.1007/s10640-015-9880-6

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“…political transitions and instability) and the occurrence of extreme weather events (e.g. cyclones) have been suggested to play a significant role in forest dynamics (Kuusela & Amacher, 2016;Lim, Prescott, Alban, Ziegler, & Webb, 2017), they remain understudied in LULC change analysis.…”

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Effects of protected area establishment and cash crop price dynamics on land use transitions 1990–2017 in north-eastern Madagascar

Llopis

Harimalala

Bär

et al. 2019

Journal of Land Use Science

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We applied a participatory mapping approach supported by very high-resolution satellite imagery to reconstruct spatially explicit, year-to-year land use transitions in two highly biodiverse, data-scarce forest frontier landscapes in northeastern Madagascar. We explored these transitions in the light of major continuous trends and discrete events highlighted by local farmers as influencing their land use decisions. Our results suggest that the process of establishing protected areas first reinforced ongoing deforestation, but later led to a significant reduction of forest loss rates. Recent cash crop booms appear to have induced agricultural intensification processes in our study landscapes, while also putting additional pressure on forests, as people may be encouraged to clear forest for cash crop cultivation. These findings are crucial to understanding rapid land use change processes in forest frontier contexts in the humid tropics, and especially to informing natural resource governance and development initiatives in complex mosaic landscapes.

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Effects of protected area establishment and cash crop price dynamics on land use transitions 1990–2017 in north-eastern Madagascar

Llopis

Harimalala

Bär

et al. 2019

Journal of Land Use Science

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“…There were also some alternative but much less used biodiversity proxies. For instance, in one study both democratic and autocratic regime change were associated with the expansion of the agricultural land area, at the cost of natural habitat, albeit with regional differences (Kuusela and Amacher 2016). Another analysis of six South American countries found that agricultural intensification was positively associated with agricultural spatial expansion when the level of democracy was higher (Ceddia et al 2014).…”

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“…A second issue with the representation of democracy in empirical studies is that democracy can be related to biodiversity conservation in at least three ways (''modes'' hereafter): by its level (democratic to autocratic), by the experience with (the duration of democratic rule), and by its stability (transitioning from one regime type to another) (e.g. Li and Reuveny 2006;Sjöstedt and Jagers 2014;Kuusela and Amacher 2016). In our review, the level of democracy was by far the most commonly used mode, expressed as yearly observations (e.g.…”

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Linking democracy and biodiversity conservation: Empirical evidence and research gaps

Rydén

Zizka

Jagers

et al. 2019

Ambio

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Increasing human pressure threatens plant and animal species with extinction worldwide. National political institutions constitute an important arena for biodiversity conservation. Yet, the relationship between how democratic these national institutions are and a country's efforts towards and track-record for biodiversity conservation remains poorly understood. In this review, we outline the theoretical links between democracy and biodiversity conservation and review the empirical literature testing them. While more studies reported a positive than a negative relation between democracy and biodiversity conservation (15 vs. 11), the most common result was a mixed relationship (28), often conditioned on economic factors. The use of different proxies to measure biodiversity, including deforestation, protected areas, threatened species, and fishery statistics emerged as a primary obstacle for synthesis. We suggest overcoming this caveat together with a consistent definition of democratic institutions and a standardized statistical framework as research priorities to improve policies against the global biodiversity loss.

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“…Of the different causes of deforestation, it is well recognized that the single biggest direct cause is conversion to cropland and pasture, i.e. agricultural area expansion, mostly for subsistence needs ( Geist and Lambin 2002 , Kuusela and Amacher 2016 ). Trends in agricultural area expansion from 1960–2015 in SARI countries are shown in figures 12 and 13 .…”

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Land cover, land use changes and air pollution in Asia: a synthesis

Vadrevu

Ohara

Justice

2017

Environ. Res. Lett.

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A better understanding of land cover/land use changes (LCLUC) and their interactions with the atmospheric environment is essential for the sustainable management of natural resources, environmental protection, air quality, agricultural planning and food security. The 15 papers published in this focus issue showcase a variety of studies relating to drivers and impacts of LCLUC and air pollution in different South/Southeast Asian (S/SEA) countries. This synthesis article, in addition to giving context to the articles in this focus issue, also reviews the broad linkages between population, LCLUC and air pollution. Additionally, we identify knowledge gaps and research priorities that are essential in addressing air pollution issues in the region. We conclude that for effective pollution mitigation in S/SEA countries, quantifying drivers, sources and impacts of pollution need a thorough data analysis through ground-based instrumentation, models and integrated research approaches. We also stress the need for the development of sustainable technologies and strengthening the scientific and resource management communities through capacity building and training activities to address air pollution issues in S/SEA countries.

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Changing Political Regimes and Tropical Deforestation

Cited by 36 publications

References 35 publications

Effects of protected area establishment and cash crop price dynamics on land use transitions 1990–2017 in north-eastern Madagascar

Effects of protected area establishment and cash crop price dynamics on land use transitions 1990–2017 in north-eastern Madagascar

Linking democracy and biodiversity conservation: Empirical evidence and research gaps

Land cover, land use changes and air pollution in Asia: a synthesis

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