When you look at the main drivers of deforestation, such as agricultural expansion, logging, and infrastructure development, they are often symptoms of a larger failure of governance. (wri.org)
The deforestation rate was projected to increase under both these scenarios, although markedly more so under a future of greater agricultural expansion. (scientificamerican.com)
Some live in previously protected indigenous lands, some in areas that are right in the range of agricultural expansion. (scientificamerican.com)