Land use & warfare

Commodity frontiers expand more slowly into tropical forests where forest smallholders are present

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The expansion of commodity agriculture into tropical forests leads to major …

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Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning

Land use is both a driver and a lever to address sustainability challenges like biodiversity loss, climate change, and food security. …

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Localized versus wide-ranging effects of the post-Soviet wars in the Caucasus on agricultural abandonment
Wars are frequent and can affect land use substantially, but the effects of wars can vary greatly depending on their characteristics, …
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Toward Causal Inference for Spatio-Temporal Data: Conflict and Forest Loss in Colombia
How does armed conflict influence tropical forest loss? For Colombia, both enhancing and reducing effect estimates have been reported. …
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Shocks to food systems in times of conflict
Armed conflicts have devastating humanitarian consequences, both direct and indirect. A crucial yet overlooked outcome is the …
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Agricultural abandonment and re-cultivation during and after the Chechen Wars in the northern Caucasus
Armed conflicts are globally widespread and can strongly influence societies and the environment. However, where and how armed conflicts …
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The impacts of warfare and armed conflict on land systems
Land-use decisions can change abruptly in response to shocks, and warfare and armed conflicts are among the most drastic and globally …
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Conservation and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The impacts of warfare, mining, and protected areas on deforestation
Tropical forests provide critical ecosystem services worldwide. Nonetheless, ongoing agricultural expansion, timber extraction, and …
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Land-use change in the Caucasus during and after the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Socioeconomic shocks can shape future land-use trajectories. Armed conflicts are an extreme form of a socioeconomic shock, but our …
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