气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Agriculture is the main driver of deforestation in Tanzania

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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b35
	Agriculture is the main driver of deforestation in Tanzania
	Doggart N.; Morgan-Brown T.; Lyimo E.; Mbilinyi B.; Meshack C.K.; Sallu S.M.; Spracklen D.V.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:3
英文摘要	Reducing deforestation can generate multiple economic, social and ecological benefits by safeguarding the climate and other ecosystem services provided by forests. Understanding the relative contribution of different drivers of deforestation is needed to guide policies seeking to maintain natural forest cover. We assessed 119 randomly selected plots from areas deforested between 2010 and 2017, in Tanzania. Through ground surveys and stakeholder interviews we assessed the proximate deforestation drivers at each point. Crop cultivation was the most commonly observed driver occurring in 89% of plots, compared to livestock grazing (69%) and charcoal (35%). There was evidence of fire in 77% of plots. Most deforestation events involved multiple drivers, with 83% of plots showing signs of two or more drivers. Stakeholder interviews identified agriculture as the primary deforestation driver in 81% of plots, substantially more than charcoal production (12%), timber harvesting (1%) and livestock (1%). Policy-makers in Tanzania have sought to reduce deforestation by reducing demand for charcoal. However, our work demonstrates that agriculture, not charcoal, is the main driver of deforestation in Tanzania. Beyond protected areas, there is no clear policy limiting the conversion of forests to agricultural land. Reducing deforestation in Tanzania requires greater inter-sectoral coordination between the agriculture, livestock, land, energy and forest sectors. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	charcoal; deforestation; drivers; forest degradation; forest transition model; Tanzania
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agricultural robots; Charcoal; Conservation; Cultivation; Ecosystems; Logging (forestry); Truck drivers; Charcoal production; Ecological benefits; Ecosystem services; Forest degradation; Forest transition; Relative contribution; Tanzania; Timber harvesting; Deforestation; agriculture; charcoal; deforestation; ecosystem service; environmental degradation; forestry policy; policy making; stakeholder; timber harvesting; Tanzania
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154201
作者单位	Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, PO Box 23410, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; Department of Agricultural Engineering and Land Planning, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Doggart N.,Morgan-Brown T.,Lyimo E.,et al. Agriculture is the main driver of deforestation in Tanzania[J],2020,15(3).
APA	Doggart N..,Morgan-Brown T..,Lyimo E..,Mbilinyi B..,Meshack C.K..,...&Spracklen D.V..(2020).Agriculture is the main driver of deforestation in Tanzania.Environmental Research Letters,15(3).
MLA	Doggart N.,et al."Agriculture is the main driver of deforestation in Tanzania".Environmental Research Letters 15.3(2020).