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The Forest Extent in 2015 and the Drivers of Forest Change Between 2000 and 2015 in Papua New Guinea: Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Papua New Guinea

Gewa Gamoga, Ruth Turia, Hitofumi Abe, Masamichi Haraguchi, Oala Iuda
Journal: Case Studies in the Environment
Case Studies in the Environment (2021) 5 (1): 1442018.
https://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2021.1442018
Published: 13 October 2021
... that between 2000 and 2015, about 0.66% of the total forest area was deforested, and subsistence agriculture was the main driver (0.45%), followed by palm oil planting (0.23%). During the same period, about 6.6% of the total forest area was degraded, and commercial logging was the main cause (6.1%). Apart from...
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