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How much do large-scale and small-scale farming contribute to global deforestation?

Results from a remote sensing pilot approach

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 60 p.

Author Branthomme, A.; Merle, C.; Kindgard, A.; Lourenço, A.; Ng, W.-T.; D'Annunzio, R.; Shapiro, A.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-137842-7

Synopsis (short abstract) The study presented in this document expands on the work conducted during the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2020 Remote Sensing Survey (RSS) and revisits the extensive dataset of areas where deforestation occurred over periods 2000–2010 and 2010–2018 to subclassify and assess deforestation drivers. Notably, considering the importance it would have in designing appropriate strategies for halting deforestation, the study assesses the share of agriculture-driven deforestation linked to small-scale and large-scale farming, both for cropping and livestock systems. The goal was not only to further characterize the global deforestation drivers in 2000–2018 but also to identify methods and tools that can help in exploring the deforestation drivers using Earth Observation – by adding more options to the original FRA RSS query and by trying to define subjective characteristics of the activities.

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Branthomme, A., Merle, C., Kindgard, A., Lourenço, A., Ng, W.-T., D’Annunzio, R. & Shapiro, A. 2023. How much do large-scale and small-scale farming contribute to global deforestation? Results from a remote sensing pilot approach. Rome, FAO. 

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5723en

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