Proximate Causes and Underlying Driving Forces of Tropical Deforestation

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Summary

Tropical deforestation is driven by identifiable regional patterns of causal factor synergies, of which the most prominent are economic factors, institutions, national policies, and remote influences driving agricultural expansion, wood extraction, and infrastructure extension (at the proximate level).

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2002-02-01
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Deforestation (computer science), Proximate and ultimate causation, Proximate, Environmental science, Natural resource economics

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