Common understanding of the causes of land-use and land-cover change is dominated by simplifications which, in turn, underlie many environment-development policies. This article tracks some of the major myths on driving forces of land-cover change and proposes alternative pathways of change that ...
Lambin, E.F.
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Turner, B.L.
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Geist, H.J.
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Agbola, S.J.
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Angelsen, A.
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Bruce, J.W.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Dirzo, R.
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Fischer, G.
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Folke, C.
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[The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths]
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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
Integration of information from household surveys and data on land-cover changes derived from remote sensing helps to understand the causes and processes of land-use/land-cover changes. A household survey covering 552 households in 33 villages was carried out in the East Province of Cameroon. Thi...
Mertens, B.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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Ndoye, O.
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Impact of macroeconomic change on deforestation in South Cameroon: integration of household survey and remotely-sensed data]
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Impact of macroeconomic change on deforestation in South Cameroon: integration of household survey and remotely-sensed data
Reynolds, J.F.
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Stafford Smith, D.M.
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Lambin, E.F.
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Turner, B.L.
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Mortimore, M.
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Batterbury, S.P.J.
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Downing, T.E.
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Dowlatabadi, H.
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Fernández, R.J.
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Herrick, Jeffrey E.
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Huber-Sannwald, E.
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Jiang, H.
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Leemans, R.
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Lynam, T.
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Maestre, F.T.
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Walker, B.
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[Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development]
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Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development
The objective of this study is to better understand the complexity of deforestation processes in southern Cameroon by testing a multivariate, spatial model of land-cover change trajectories associated with deforestation. The spatial model integrates a spectrum of independent variables that charac...
The authors used a configurational comparative approach, the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), to study multiple causal interactions characterizing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Their data set is based on seven local case studies at three time periods. Results reveal a limited numb...
Scouvart, M.
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Adams, R.T.
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Caldas, M.
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Dale, V.
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Mertens, B.
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Nédélec, V.
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Pacheco, P.
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Rihoux, B.
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Causes of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: a qualitative comparative analysis]
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Causes of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: a qualitative comparative analysis
Geographic information system techniques were used in combination with remote sensing data to define the net commercial value of standing timber at two sites (Batouri and Bertoua) in the East province of Cameroon. Observed forest cover modifications for the two sites were assessed in relation to ...
Mertens, B.
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Forni, E.
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Prediction of the impact of logging activities on forest cover: a case study in East province of Cameroon]
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Prediction of the impact of logging activities on forest cover: a case study in East province of Cameroon
Places experience forest transitions when declines in forest cover cease and recoveries in forest cover begin. Forest transitions have occurred in two, sometimes overlapping circumstances. In some places economic development has created enough non-farm jobs to pull farmers off of the land, thereb...
Rudel, Thomas K.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Moran, E.
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Achard, F.
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Angelsen, A.
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Jianchu Xu
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change]
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Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
When urban areas expand without concomitant increases in wastewater treatment capacity, vast quantities of wastewater are released to surface waters with little or no treatment. Downstream of many urban areas are large areas of irrigated croplands reliant on these same surface water sources. Case...
The role of urban agriculture in global food security is a topic of increasing discussion. Existing research on urban and peri-urban agriculture consists largely of case studies that frequently use disparate definitions of urban and peri-urban agriculture depending on the local context and study ...
Thebo, A.L.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Global assessment of urban and peri-urban agriculture: irrigated and rainfed croplands]
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Global assessment of urban and peri-urban agriculture: irrigated and rainfed croplands
Ordway, E.M.
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Naylor, R.L.
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Nkongho, R.N.
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Oil palm expansion in Cameroon: Insights into sustainability opportunities and challenges in Africa]
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Oil palm expansion in Cameroon: Insights into sustainability opportunities and challenges in Africa