Citation
(2013), "UN-REDD report series", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 24 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2013.08324baa.005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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UN-REDD report series
Article Type: News From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 24, Issue 2.
The UN-REDD programme has released the first report of its series entitled “Agricultural expansion and deforestation”. In the report, authors Linda Rosengren (UN-REDD Programme) and Christina Seeberg-Elverfeldt (Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO) compare the different factors contributing to deforestation in Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. The report argues that agricultural expansion is one of the most significant contributing factors of deforestation and that national policies and legislation needs to consider agricultural and rural development goals and use an integrated landscape approach.