Economic activities and deforestation in the Congo basin: An environmental kuznets curve framework analysis

Aquilas, Nkwetta Ajong; Mukong, Alfred Kechia; Kimengsi, Jude Ndzifon; Ngangnchi, Forbe Hodu

doi:10.1016/j.envc.2022.100553

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“…The findings of this study demonstrate the significance of population dynamics in changing plant cover in the Palas Valley of Kohistan, as many researchers have acknowledged in the HKH region and elsewhere [12][13][14]16,21,29,30,53,56]. Population growth and settlement expansion have major ecological implications [10,17,[25][26][27]35,52].…”

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“…Social, economic, and biophysical variables have a significant impact on forest cover change [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Population growth, settlement expansion, infrastructural development, and farmland extension are the primary causes of deforestation [9][10][11][12][13]. Researchers around the world have also emphasized the effects of deforestation [14][15][16][17][18].…”

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“…Similarly, the rate of deforestation in the Swat and Shangla districts in 2001-2009 was 1268 ha per year [14]. Several factors, including population growth, urbanization, and household dynamics, contribute to the increasing rate of forest degradation [10,12,13,21,25,27,52]. Apart from this, population density, demand for forest resources, land usage, and distance from human settlements are other major factors of deforestation [30,31,49].…”

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Environmental Risk Assessment in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Mountains of Northern Pakistan: Palas Valley, Kohistan

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Forest cover in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) mountains of northern Pakistan has changed dramatically due to community dynamics such as population growth, household dynamics, and intensive economic activity for people’s livelihoods. Demographic development is one of the major factors influencing forest cover change in a previously sparsely populated environment. An abrupt upsurge in population exerts adverse effects on the local natural resources, specifically forests. The present research shows an increase in population from 1980 to 2017, the development of human settlements, and a long-term decline in forest cover. This study was conducted in the Palas valley in the HKH mountains using GIS and remote sensing (RS) technology. Analysis of the changes between 1980, 2000, and 2017 was done using ArcGIS and the maximum likelihood algorithm for supervised classification of Landsat MSS TM ETM+ and Sentinel 2A satellite images. We used Euclidean distances and buffer analysis techniques to identify that most changes occurred within 1 to 3 km of the settlement’s proximity in each period. We also found changes in forest cover to be much greater near settlements than elsewhere in the study area. According to the findings of the study, population explosion and other socio-economic factors have imposed excessive pressure on vegetation cover, resulting in the loss of 17,076 ha of forests in the remote Palas valley.

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“…Emissions are a function of income, and there is an inverse U-shaped curve between emissions and income [ 44 ]. Based on the EKC research [ 45 , 46 , 47 ], the relationship between carbon emissions and GDP per capita (logarithm) is shown in Figure 6 during 1995–2060.…”

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Dynamic Scenario Analysis of Science and Technology Innovation to Support Chinese Cities in Achieving the “Double Carbon” Goal: A Case Study of Xi’an City

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Tian

2022

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Since the Chinese government proclaimed the “double carbon” goal in 2020, carbon emissions reduction has become an important task for the Chinese government. Cities generate more than 60% of carbon emissions. There are many challenges in achieving the “double carbon” goal for the cities of China. Science and technology innovation (STI) provides a feasible path, and the mechanism of STI influencing carbon emissions is analyzed. The STI factors, economic factors, energy factors, and population factors are studied based on the generalized Divisia index method. According to the decomposing results, science and technology innovation investment is the most important increasing factor in carbon emissions, and technology innovation investment efficiency is the most important decreasing factor, respectively. Three scenarios are set up and simulated with Monte Carlo technology evaluating the city of Xi’an in China. Under the baseline development scenario, it cannot achieve the carbon peak goal, and the uncertainty of carbon emissions increases. Under the green development scenario, it will peak in 2051, with a 95% confidence interval of 6668.47–7756.90 × 104 tons. Under the technology breakthrough scenario, the lower and median boundaries of carbon emissions peak at 4703.94 × 104 tons and 4852.39 × 104 tons in 2026, and the upper boundary peaks at 5042.15 × 104 tons in 2030. According to the Environmental Kuznets Curve theory, it will peak between 2028 and 2029 with a GDP per capita of CNY 153,223.85. However, it will fail to achieve the carbon neutrality goal by 2060, and should rely on the national carbon trading market of China to achieve the goal with a trading volume of 2524.61–3007.01 × 104 tons.

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“…The country's economy is based almost exclusively on the exploitation of its natural resources, which include oil and gas, high-value timber, and non-timber forest products, as well as minerals and agricultural products such as coffee, cotton, cocoa, maize, and cassava [2,3].…”

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Analysis of Agro Alternatives to Boost Cameroon’s Socio-Environmental Resilience, Sustainable Development, and Conservation of Native Forests

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Gagnon

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Located in Central Africa, Cameroon is a country with strong social inequalities and fragile governance and institutions. This has a direct impact on the sustainable development of its territory, communities, and native forest, which are subject to constant socio-environmental and economic pressures due to overexploitation. This research has three purposes: (1) to conduct a comparative theoretical/empirical diagnosis on the quality of Cameroon’s institutional framework, governance, and public policies related to territorial sustainability; (2) to assess the impact of the three clusters identified among the 44 stakeholders interviewed (forestry companies/certifiers; NGOs/communities; and banks/public institutions) on each other; and (3) to analyze the contribution of the use of cassava (Manihot esculenta) as an agro alternative to Cameroon’s socio-ecological resilience, sustainable development, and conservation of native forests. The research found: (1) the need for mixed governance with joint accountability to find equitable and lasting sustainable solutions for the parties involved, making communities/ethnic groups visible in the decision-making process; and (2) the agro use of cassava has a positive impact on socio-ecological resilience by contributing to employment, the protection of devastated soils, and the provision of quality food, and by reducing pollution from the cement industry through using cassava waste as an input.

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Economic activities and deforestation in the Congo basin: An environmental kuznets curve framework analysis

Cited by 25 publications

References 56 publications

Environmental Risk Assessment in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Mountains of Northern Pakistan: Palas Valley, Kohistan

Environmental Risk Assessment in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Mountains of Northern Pakistan: Palas Valley, Kohistan

Dynamic Scenario Analysis of Science and Technology Innovation to Support Chinese Cities in Achieving the “Double Carbon” Goal: A Case Study of Xi’an City

Analysis of Agro Alternatives to Boost Cameroon’s Socio-Environmental Resilience, Sustainable Development, and Conservation of Native Forests

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