| Title | Drivers and consequences of tropical forest transitions: options to bypass land degradation? |
| Publication Type | Policy Brief |
| Authors | Meyfroidt, P.; van Noordwijk, M.; Minang, P.A.; Dewi, S.; Lambin, E.F. |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Number | 25 |
| Abstract | The early studies of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins stratified the domain for study into stages of a generic transition pathway that suggested a strongly non-linear trajectory of change. In this scheme, a phase of degradation of aboveground vegetation, based on over-logging or shortening fallow cycles in intensified swiddens can lead to a grass-fire cycle that needs special conditions to allow successful rehabilitation. Many places with current agroforestry and tree mosaics have gone through such a phase. A new review of the global literature on these ‘forest transitions’ by Meyfroidt and Lambin (2011) framed important conclusions. |
| Keywords | agroforestry, ASB, Climate Change, forest, IISD-REDD, Opcost, REALU, REDD+, swiddens, UNFCCC |
| URL | http://www.asb.cgiar.org/PDFwebdocs/ASB PB_25.pdf |
| Citation Key | 2380 |
