Small scale agricultural farming was first initiated by indigenous communities living on Turkey's Anatolian plateau, and not introduced by migrant farmers as previously thought, according to new research by the University of Liverpool. (sciencedaily.com)
Prof Peres said: «It is known that migrant farmers worldwide catalyse the expansion of tropical deforestation frontiers. (sciencedaily.com)
In itself this is likely to be less damaging than clear - felling but, says the IUCN, «the logging roads attract migrant farmers who frequently turn the forest degradation started by the logging into complete deforestation». (newscientist.com)