Chapter 19: Drivers and ecological impacts of deforestation and forest degradation

Authors :: Erika Berenguer
Dolors Armenteras
Alexander C Lees
Charlotte C Smith
Philip Fearnside
Nathalia Nascimento
Ane Alencar
Claudio Almeida
Luiz E O Aragão
Jos Barlow
Bibiana Bilbao
Paulo M Brando
Paulette Bynoe
Matt Finer
Bernardo M Flores
Clinton N Jenkins
Celso H L Silva Junior
Carlos Souza
Roosevelt García-Villacorta
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), 2021.
Abstract: This chapter discusses the main drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon, particularly agricultural expansion, road construction, mining, oil and gas development, forest fires, edge effects, logging, and hunting. It also examines these activities’ impacts and synergies between them.

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