What's Driving Tropical Deforestation?

What are the biggest drivers of tropical deforestation?

Globally, beef and soy are the leading drivers of tropical deforestation and conversion of other habitats.

What's Driving Deforestation? | Union of Concerned Scientists

Just four commodities—beef, soy, palm oil, and wood products—drive the majority of global deforestation. And consumers can help stop it.

Drivers of Deforestation - Our World in Data

The expansion of pasture land to raise cattle was responsible for 41% of tropical deforestation. That's 2.1 million hectares every year – about half the size of ...

What's Driving Tropical Deforestation? - One Tree Planted

The four main drivers of tropical deforestation have been identified as beef, soy, palm oil and logging.

The Root of the Problem - UC Davis

WHAT'S DRIVING TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TODAY? The Root of the Problem. Tropical Forest and Climate Initiative. Union of Concerned Scientists. JUnE 2011. Page 4 ...

What drives and halts tropical deforestation? Analyzing 24 years of ...

In a new meta-analysis, researchers synthesized the findings of 320 studies about what is associated with more or less deforestation in the tropics.

Drivers of Deforestation - TROPICAL CONSERVATION FUND

The following four commodities are the largest drivers of deforestation. Together, they have an exceptionally large impact on the health of our world's forests.

Agriculture drives more than 90% of tropical deforestation | SEI

Our review makes clear that between 90% and 99% of all deforestation in the tropics is driven directly or indirectly by agriculture. But what ...

What Is Driving Deforestation Today? - Union of Concerned Scientists

Growing global demand for agricultural commodities has led to increased tropical deforestation, which not only affects biodiversity and the livelihood of forest ...

The Businesses Driving Deforestation - Rainforest Action Network

The Businesses Driving Deforestation · The destruction of our world's rainforests is being driven by corporate profits. · Conflict Palm Oil is found in roughly ...

Agriculture drives more than 90% of tropical deforestation

A new study published in the leading journal, Science, has revealed that agriculture is by far the dominant driver of tropical deforestation.

Agriculture drives more than 90% of tropical deforestation

... drives more than 90 percent of tropical deforestation. Halting deforestation ... what this means for current efforts to drive down forest loss.

Illegal clearing for agriculture is driving tropical deforestation: Report

“We should all be shocked that illegal clearing for commercial agriculture is the largest driver of deforestation – and it's getting bigger,” ...

Causes of Deforestation - NASA Earth Observatory

Direct causes of deforestation are agricultural expansion, wood extraction (e.g., logging or wood harvest for domestic fuel or charcoal), and ...

What's Driving Tropical Deforestation Today? : r/conservation - Reddit

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Drivers of tropical deforestation: a global review of methodological ...

This study clarifies common themes in driver identification and what is needed for drawing contextualized, scale-appropriate conclusions.

Industries and sectors driving deforestation: what you need to know

If you take the Amazon rainforest as an example, commercial, large-scale agriculture, particularly for animal feed, and biofuels using soy and ...

Drivers of tropical forest loss between 2008 and 2019 | Scientific Data

58 participants from several countries reviewed almost 115 K unique locations in the tropics, identifying drivers of forest loss (derived from the Global ...

Proximate Causes and Underlying Driving Forces of Tropical ...

Economic factors are prominent underlying forces of tropical deforestation (81%). Commercialization and the growth of mainly timber markets (as ...

The root of the problem: what's driving tropical deforestation today?

The role of population and diet, which are key underlying factors in the demand for the tropical commodities causing deforestation, is examined. This report ...