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How much do large-scale and small-scale farming contribute to global deforestation?
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https://www.fao.org/3/cc5723en/cc5723en.pdf
Publication date
05/06/2023
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Studies
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Land / Water / Resource Management
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Author
Anne Branthomme, Caroline Merle, Adolfo Kindgard, Ana Lourenço, Wai-Tim Ng, Rémi D’Annunzio, Aurélie Shapiro
Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The study presented in this document expands on the work conducted during the FRA 2020 RSS by refining the original analysis to obtain additional information on deforestation drivers linked to agriculture. Notably, considering the importance it would have in designing
appropriate strategies for halting deforestation, the study assesses the share of agriculture driven deforestation linked to small-scale and large-scale farming, both for cropping and livestock systems