12.9 %: reduction in forest cover in South - East Asia due largely to an increase
in timber extraction, large - scale bio-fuel plantations and the expansion of intensive agriculture and shrimp farms (1990 to 2015)
Not exact matches
The region's critical deforestation crisis is driven by population growth, unscrupulous
timber extraction, and agricultural conversion — resulting
in the loss of 9.3 percent of its forest cover from 2001 - 2009 alone.
This is because there is a higher risk of human interaction and persecution
in areas where there are more farms, a greater pressure on natural resources through increased
timber extraction and livestock grazing, and even competition for food from domestic animals kept as pets.»
Los Katios National Park was placed on the Danger List at the request of Colombia so as to help mobilize international support for the preservation of the property which is threatened by, notably, deforestation
in areas inside and around the property due to the illegal
extraction of
timber.
«It emerged at the international level, through the combination of, among others: (1) the conservationist interests of big environmental NGOs
in the North, (2) the interests of national and sub-national governments
in the North seeking low - cost alternatives to supposedly «offset» their continued and excessive emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases, (3) the interests of national and sub-national governments
in the South seeking to obtain financial resources for the «protection» of forests
in their countries, (4) the interests of corporations that could profit from market - tradable «offset» credits, including through speculation on secondary (derivatives) markets, which would allow them to continue destroying the forests for the
extraction of
timber, minerals or oil, the establishment of monoculture plantations, etc., thus expanding their business opportunities, and (5) the interests of consultants and other actors involved
in financial capital markets who want to turn «unexploited» forests into a new market for this type of capital, through the commercialization of «environmental services» such as carbon sequestration, among others.»
The term land use is also used
in the sense of the social and economic purposes for which land is managed (e.g., grazing,
timber extraction and conservation).
But the good news for tropical forests was tempered by developments including Indonesia announcing its intentions to open up more than 2 million hectares of carbon - dense peatlands to old palm development; the collapse
in law enforcement
in Madagascar, contributing to an explosion of commercial
timber (and lemur) harvesting
in that country's spectacular rainforest parks; a breakdown at the RSPO meeting over efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil production; violent conflict
in Peru between government security forces and indigenous groups over land rights and resource
extraction; massive foreign land acquisitions
in the Congo Basin; dodgy REDD dealings
in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea; and large - scale expansion of oil palm agriculture
in the Amazon.
The first priority is for Europe to lead on multilateral action to prevent predatory and illicit
timber extraction in Burma.
Indigenous control over development outcomes and natural resources has been upheld by United Nations committees
in relation to resource and
timber extraction.