Peasant Agriculture and Global Change

Clearance and fragmentation of tropical montane forests in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico (1975–2000)

“…Consequently, deforestation is practised in the region only as a low-income extractive activity that lacks long-term objectives aimed at sustainable management. Other factors have promoted deforestation, such as the steady fall in coffee prices in international markets since the 1980s (Collier et al, 1994), and the lack of governance following the Zapatista rebellion of 1994, which allowed rampant illegal clearing for agriculture, livestock ranching, and human settlement (González-Espinosa, 2005).…”

Evaluating land use/land cover changes and fragmentation in the Camili forest planning unit of northeastern Turkey from 1972 to 2005

“…High population density and growth rate have frequently been associated with forest loss and fragmentation (Siebert, 1987;Collier et al, 1994;Uitto, 1995;Frohn et al, 1996;Cuffaro, 1997;Pender, 1998). Aside from the natural resources, demographic and socio-economic considerations also play a role in landscape pattern.…”

Forest management and land use/cover changes in a typical micro watershed in the mid elevation zone of Central Himalaya, India

“…This had led to a rather simplistic notion that forest loss and expansion of agricultural land use are positively correlated (Lele and Stone, 1989;Saxena et al, 1991;Collier et al, 1994;Brookfield, 1995;Turner and Ali, 1996;Kimothi and Juyal, 1996;Cuffaro, 1997;Pender, 1998;Tilman, 1999;Doos, 2000;Sunderlin et al, 2000;Zeleke and Hurni, 2001). Studies by some workers in the Himalaya and elsewhere indicated that oak forests were being replaced by pine forests and such changes sometimes formed intermediate stages before natural forests were converted to degraded areas or agricultural areas (Singh et al, 1984;Gibson et al, 1988;Singh and Singh, 1992;Thadani and Ashton, 1995).…”