Deforestation in the Tropics

Repetto, Robert

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0490-36

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“…Fuelwood is not usually the major cause of deforestation in the humid tropics although it can be in some populated regions with reduced forest area such as in the Philippines, Thailand and parts of Central America. Fuelwood gathering was considered to be the main cause of deforestation and forest degradation in El Salvador (Repetto, 1990). In the drier areas of tropics, Fuelwood gathering can be a major cause of deforestation and degradation.…”

Section: Logging and Fuel Woodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deforestation: Causes, Effects and Control Strategies

Chakravarty¹,

Ghosh²,

Suresh³

et al. 2012

Global Perspectives on Sustainable Forest Management

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Section: Logging and Fuel Woodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deforestation: Causes, Effects and Control Strategies

Chakravarty¹,

Ghosh²,

Suresh³

et al. 2012

Global Perspectives on Sustainable Forest Management

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“…Most of the current pasture land has been obtained from the clearing of the neotropical forest. Repetto [49] estimated a rate of tens of thousands of square miles per year of deforested land in the neotropics.…”

Section: Neotropical Agroecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry on the Biophysical Characteristics of Soils in Neotropical Agroecosystems

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Abstract:The neotropical agroecosystems are important areas in the global scene in terms of livestock production. Therefore, a good conservation of their soils is crucial in order to both guarantee food safety and reduce the impact of land degradation processes. Conservation of neotropical soils used for farming activities could be obtained using veterinary medicine and adopting new grazing systems in the last decades. A wide bibliographical review was carried out which illustrates current issues in neotropical agroecosystems, the importance of their soil properties highlighting the role played by dung beetles within the edaphofauna, and the effects of the most common anti-parasitic practices as well as some natural alternatives. Finally, we present commonly adopted grazing systems and how they are affecting soil properties and animal welfare. The conversion of forest into agricultural and pasture land is altering the biochemical quality of soils. Furthermore, the use of ivermectin is dangerously reducing the total amount of dung beetles that are a key element in nutrient recycling processes. The implementation of new grazing systems (e.g., Voisin, Savory) is progressively fragmenting the habitat of many species. Nevertheless, there are also some benefits in this kind of practices and some natural alternatives to anthelmintics are being tested.

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“…Boyce (1994) also argued that it is not poverty but a combination of greed, power and wealth that causes environmental degradation in many developing countries. Some studies found logging as the principal activity responsible for unsustainable deforestation in many parts of Asia, Central Africa and South America (Somanathan, 1991;Anderson, 1989;Repetto, 1990;Cropper & Griffiths, 1994). During 1980s also in Meghalaya to a certain extent, due to attractive benefit in the logging industries many of the community forests were privatised that had been harvested unsustainably.…”

Section: A Brief Review Of Some Earlier Studies On Linkagesmentioning

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Livelihood, Dependence on Forest and Its Degradation: Evidence from Meghalaya

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2012

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The linkages between population growth, pattern of livelihood and dependence as well as degradation of forests have long been the subject of debate and concern. It is thus important to investigate to what extent does the growth of population, poverty and livelihood affect the neighbouring forest resources or how are they affected by the degradation of forests. Various assessments have assigned the major responsibility in the loss of forest cover at various places either to population growth or logging, or other commercial resource extraction, including the spread of cattle ranches. The objective of this paper is to unfold the nature of dependence on forest and factors affecting degradation of forest in Meghalaya in an interlinking fashion. The analysis reveals that family size, incidence of poverty, cultivation practice, remoteness of the area and consumption or livelihood pattern have important impact on the extraction of forest resources. Education helps in conservation and sustainable use of the forest resources. Broadly, there is important inter-linkage between population growth, incidence of poverty and degradation of forest in the region.

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Deforestation in the Tropics

Cited by 92 publications

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Deforestation: Causes, Effects and Control Strategies

Deforestation: Causes, Effects and Control Strategies

The Impact of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry on the Biophysical Characteristics of Soils in Neotropical Agroecosystems

Livelihood, Dependence on Forest and Its Degradation: Evidence from Meghalaya

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