Resource
Research Report
Forest transitions in the tropics. Are tropical forests on their way to recovery?
This report looks at recent scientific insights into tropical forest dynamics, with special attention to the key driving factors and elements for success behind the transition from net deforestation to forest expansion. It furthermore reviews the socio-economic and ecological qualities of the forests that are the result of these transitions and discusses the policy implications emerging from new insights about forest transitions, including priorities for further work. It concludes with considering the role of REDD in promoting forest transitions, as well as its potential importance in governance, law, enforcement and trade.
- URL:
- http://www.tropischebossen.nl/media/documents/080619_ftt_verslag.pdf
- Authors:
- Van Andel, S., van Ginneken, P., Pater, C., and Zuidema, P.
- Published:
- 2008
- Publisher:
- IUCN