Linking physical, economic and institutional constraints of land use change and forest conservation in the hills of Nepal

Bahadur, K C Krishna

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2011.07.010

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“…For example, restoration of forest can be realized in habitat frangibility areas by the change of regional water cycles and construction of irrigation systems [58][59][60]. Expansion of agricultural, industrial, and urban areas will never stop since large numbers of the population need to be fed and their living standard will be advanced in the future on our planet [61][62][63][64]. Although the bioclimatic indices used for classification may sufficiently simulate vegetation patterns, the actual patterns can be described by a function of additional factors, which are not explicitly considered in the model (e.g., soils), and may vary both temporally and spatially under changed climate conditions.…”

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Simulating the Effect of Climate Change on Vegetation Zone Distribution on the Loess Plateau, Northwest China

Wen

Guo

et al. 2015

Forests

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A risk assessment of vegetation zone responses to climate change was conducted using the classical Holdridge life zone model on the Loess Plateau of Northwest China. The results show that there are currently ten vegetation zones occurring on the Loess Plateau , including alvar desert, alpine wet tundra, alpine rain tundra, boreal moist forest, boreal wet forest, cool temperate desert, cool temperate desert scrub, cool temperate steppe, cool temperate moist forest, warm temperate desert scrub, warm temperate thorn steppe, and warm temperate dry forest. Seventy years later (2070S), the alvar desert, the alpine wet tundra and the cool temperate desert will disappear, while warm temperate desert scrub and warm temperate thorn steppe will emerge. The area proportion of warm temperate dry forest will expand from 12.2% to 22.8%-37.2%, while that of cool temperate moist forest will decrease from 18.5% to 6.9%-9.5%. The area proportion of cool temperate steppe will decrease from 51.8% to 34.5%-51.6%. Our results suggest that future climate change will be conducive to the growth and expansion of forest zones on the Loess Plateau, which can provide valuable reference information for regional vegetation restoration planning and adaptive strategies in this region. OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 2093

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Section: Potentials and Limitations Of Hlz Model And Its Applicationsmentioning

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Simulating the Effect of Climate Change on Vegetation Zone Distribution on the Loess Plateau, Northwest China

Wen

Guo

et al. 2015

Forests

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“…The food demand of the rapidly growing population is associated with intensification and expansion of the agricultural landuse (e.g., Angelsen 1999;Barbier and Burgess 2001;Bahadur 2011). Due to shortage of arable land, natural (forested) ecosystems in tropical regions are increasingly converted into grasslands and/or croplands (Barbier and Burgess 2001).…”

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Drivers of Forest Cover Dynamics in Smallholder Farming Systems: The Case of Northwestern Vietnam

Jadin

Vanacker

Hoang

2012

AMBIO

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The national-scale forest recovery of Vietnam started in the early 1990s and is associated with a shift from net deforestation to net reforestation. Large disparities in forest cover dynamics are, however, observed at the local scale. This study aims to unravel the mechanisms driving forest cover change for a mountainous region located in northwest Vietnam. Statistical analyses were used to explore the association between forest cover change and household characteristics. In Sa Pa district, deforestation rates are decreasing, but forest degradation continues at similar rates. Deforestation is not necessarily associated with impoverished ethnic communities or high levels of subsistence farming, and the largest forest cover dynamics are found in villages with the best socio-economic conditions. Our empirical study does not provide strong evidence of a dominant role of agriculture in forest cover dynamics. It shows that empirical studies on local-scale forest dynamics remain important to unravel the complexity of human-environment interactions.

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“…Deforestation in tropical countries has been considered by many scholars as one of disastrous environmental problems [1][2][3][4][5]. There has been much concern for deforestation, not only in terms of environmental aspects such as climate change and global warming, but also in terms of economic aspects such as loss of state revenue.…”

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Does the growth of roads contribute to deforestation in Indonesia?

Kurniawan¹

2021

Jur. Reg. Jur. Pemb. Wil. dan Perenc. Part.

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<p>This study investigates the effect of roads growth toward the deforestation rate in 33 provinces in Indonesia from eight years period of time, 2006-2013. A panel data analysis was utilized in order to analyze whether the existence of roads development affected the level of agricultural expansion activity by farmers which eventually determine the level of deforestation. Deforestation rate was set as the dependents variable and the length of roads was set as independent variable, while agriculture GDP, population, labor wage, budget of infrastructure, the price of crops and cost of agriculture production were set as control variable. The results show that growth of roads significantly contributes to loss in forest area or deforestation in Indonesia. Roads development become a driving magnet for forest cover dynamic changes since it is facilitate trade-off between economic activities and environmental damage, the reduction of agriculture production cost and the emerging unofficial roads building. Having this condition, farmers are eager to enhance their land productivity through agricultural expansion toward the forest and thereby this condition exacerbates the threats and pressure on the forest.</p>

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Linking physical, economic and institutional constraints of land use change and forest conservation in the hills of Nepal

Cited by 11 publications

References 50 publications

Simulating the Effect of Climate Change on Vegetation Zone Distribution on the Loess Plateau, Northwest China

Simulating the Effect of Climate Change on Vegetation Zone Distribution on the Loess Plateau, Northwest China

Drivers of Forest Cover Dynamics in Smallholder Farming Systems: The Case of Northwestern Vietnam

Does the growth of roads contribute to deforestation in Indonesia?

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