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ext-69f25afe290f10822edc051f0921bcf0 |
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2013-01-23 |
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abstract |
Agricultural expansion remains one of the leading causes of deforestation, biodiversity
losses and environmental degradation across the world, especially in the tropics (Angelsen
et al., 1999 and Norris, 2008). From 1961 to 1993, the world population increased
by 80% (Goklany, 1998). Due to the rapidly expanding human populations large increases
in the supply of agricultural products are required, which may lead to the transformation
of many landscapes (including biodiversity-rich tropical rainforests) to agricultural
landscapes (Ewers et al., 2009). The quest for further land for agricultural production
has already caused significant habitat loss and fragmentation, posing substantial
threats to the world’s biodiversity, forests and ecosystems (Goklany, 1998). According
to Matson and Vitousek (2006), many involved in conservation believe that the twin
goals of increasing agricultural production and conservation are fundamentally incompatible.
Indeed representatives of developing countries (where the tropical forests and majority
of the world’s biodiversity reside) argue that their developmental needs are partially
met by deforestation, since it provides arable land and timber export revenues (Leplay
et al., 2010). Further, agricultural revenues accrued from cultivating plantation
crops, such as timber, palm and coffee, are significant drivers of deforestation in
many parts of the tropics (Kaimowitz and Angelsen, 1998). |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/141185 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/141208 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/141210 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/141211 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/141212 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/141213 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/142522 |
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label |
Singh, Minerva and Bhagwat, Shonil A. (2013). Tropical agricultural production, conservation
and carbon sequesteration conflicts: oil palm expansion in South East Asia. In: Fang,
Zhen ed. Biofuels - Economy, Environment and Sustainability. Rijeka, Croatia:
Intech, pp. 39–71. |
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label |
Singh, Minerva and Bhagwat, Shonil A. (2013). Tropical agricultural production,
conservation and carbon sequesteration conflicts: oil palm expansion in South East
Asia. In: Fang, Zhen ed. Biofuels - Economy, Environment and Sustainability.
Rijeka, Croatia: Intech, pp. 39–71. |
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52420 |
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ext-70f3765538e44c9433b64b5e95d36b11 |
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Title |
Tropical agricultural production, conservation and carbon sequesteration conflicts:
oil palm expansion in South East Asia |
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oro |