Tropical Forests Were the Primary Sources of New Agricultural Land in the 1980s and 1990s

Global demand for agricultural products such as food, feed, and fuel is now a major driver of cropland and pasture expansion across much of the developing world. Whether these new agricultural lands replace forests, degraded forests, or grasslands greatly influences the environmental consequences of...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2010-09, Vol.107 (38), p.16732-16737
Main Authors:	Gibbs, H. K., Ruesch, A. S., Achard, F., Clayton, M. K., Holmgren, P., Ramankutty, N., Foley, J. A.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Agricultural expansion Agricultural land Agriculture Agriculture - history Agriculture - trends Biological Sciences carbon Conservation Conservation of Natural Resources - history Conservation of Natural Resources - trends cropland Crops Crops, Agricultural - growth & development Crops, Agricultural - history Databases, Factual Deforestation Emissions Energy crops Farmlands foods Forest conservation Forest cover Forest degradation Forests fuels Grasslands History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Land cover Land use Landsat Pasture pastures primary forests Rainforests Remote sensing Sustainable agriculture Trees Tropical Climate Tropical environments Tropical forests Tropical rain forests Tropical regions tropics United Nations
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