drivers of global forest loss
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Shifting cultivation as a driver of deforestation: Misinterpreted data, misguided conclusions, and misplaced blame
CASAS’ member Amit John Kurien has published this paper with Catherine M. Hepp, Xiaoye Tong & Thilde Bech Bruun in One Earth. Abstract: Shifting cultivation is often stigmatized as destructive, blamed for deforestation, and as a contributor to climate change. Many remote sensing studies have attempted to map its extent and estimate its role in…