Accelerated deforestation driven by large-scale land acquisitions in Cambodia
Abstract
More than 2 million hectares of Cambodian land have been leased to investors since 2000. Combined satellite and local records show that deforestation on leased land is 29% to 105% higher than in comparable unleased areas.
- Publication:
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Nature Geoscience
- Pub Date:
- October 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1038/ngeo2540
- Bibcode:
- 2015NatGe...8..772D