Drivers and consequences of tropical forest transitions: options to bypass land degradation?
(2011) ASB PolicyBrief — Vol. 25, p. 4 pp (2011)
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- The early studies of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins stratified the domain for study into stages of a generic transition pathway that suggested a strongly non-linear trajectory of change. In this scheme, a phase of degradation of aboveground vegetation, based on over-logging or shortening fallow cycles in intensified swiddens can lead to a grass-fire cycle that needs special conditions to allow successful rehabilitation. Many places with current agroforestry and tree mosaics have gone through such a phase. A new review of the global literature on these ‘forest transitions’ by Meyfroidt and Lambin (2011) framed important conclusions.
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Meyfroidt, P., van Noordwijk, M., Minang, P. A., Dewi, S., & Lambin, E. (2011). Drivers and consequences of tropical forest transitions: options to bypass land degradation? ASB PolicyBrief, 25, 4 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/161403 (Original work published 2011)