Small scale agriculture continues to drive deforestation and degradation in fragmented forests in the Congo Basin (2015–2020)

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 134, P. 106922 - 106922

Published: Oct. 7, 2023

The Central African region hosts the largest continuous tract of forest in Africa, regulating global climate while providing essential resources and livelihoods for millions people harbouring extensive biodiversity. Extractive industries, infrastructure development industrial agriculture have often been cited as major threats to these forests are expected increase. A regional collaborative effort has produced first systematically validated remote sensing assessment deforestation degradation drivers six central countries 2015–2020 time period. Multiple, overlapping assessed through visual interpretation show that rural complex, a combination small-scale agriculture, villages, roads contributes majority observed degradation. Industrial such mining forestry less common, although their impacts on carbon biodiversity could be more permanent significant than informal activities. Artisanal is only driver consistently increasing over study Our produces information relevant change mitigation land use planning which requires detailed multiple direct target specific activities investments.

Language: Английский

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Towards a Better Understanding of Growth Corridors in Africa: A Scientometric Approach

Futures, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 103572 - 103572

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Mobilizing research on Africa's development corridors

Geoforum, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 88, P. 105 - 108

Published: Dec. 22, 2017

Language: Английский

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Infrastructure projects and rural politics in northern Kenya: the use of divergent expertise to negotiate the terms of land deals for transport infrastructure

The Journal of Peasant Studies, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 46(2), P. 358 - 376

Published: Oct. 26, 2017

In 2012, construction began on the Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) corridor in northern Kenya. Once complete, LAPSSET will connect Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia with a new transport infrastructure, including highway, railway pipeline. Authorities promise that drive economic growth by improving trade attracting investors while also stimulating development rural areas surrounding routes. Despite this promise, many land users remain concerned about how stands to alter their access control over land. This contribution reflects these groups are attempting negotiate proposed land-use changes for creating deploying expertise challenges authorities' claims costs benefits of landscapes communities. The analysis shows just as can be constructed circulated 'from above' legitimise deals counter-claims produced mobilised unsettle deals. paper contributes recent research examines specific strategies used actors influence changes, well considers power inequalities shape constrain ability different terms own advantage.

Language: Английский

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The scale of biodiversity impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 248, P. 108691 - 108691

Published: July 6, 2020

Language: Английский

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