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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Cruz, Maria Concepcion |
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Conference:
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Common Property Conference, the Second Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
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Location:
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University of Manitoba, Canada |
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Conf. Date:
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September 26-29, 1991 |
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Date:
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1991 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/275
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Sector:
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Agriculture
Forestry |
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Region:
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East Asia |
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Subject(s):
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deforestation
IASC
common pool resources
population growth
agriculture
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Abstract:
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"Attempts to address the problem of deforestation in the developing world are often undermined by rapid population growth.It is currently estimated that more than six million hectares of closed moist tropical forests are lost each year primarily through conversion to forest farming. Because many of these lands have steep slopes and thin topsoil layers, they are susceptible to damaging soil erosion. When migrants initially colonize forest lands, productivity may be high, but yields progressively decline after two to three years of continuous cropping. A cycle of population pressure, resource degradation, and poverty evolves as intensive cultivation leads to deteriorating land productivity, denying migrants the secure livelihood they originally sought by settling in forest lands."
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