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  1. Forest transition - Wikipedia

    • FT depicts a broad trend, and an extrapolation of historical rates therefore tends to underestimate future BAU deforestation for countries in the early stages of the transition (HFLD), while it tends to overestimate … See more

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    Forest recovery resulting in net increases in forest extent can occur by means of spontaneous … See more

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    Global Forest Transition

    Studies of forest transitions have been conducted for several nations as well as sub-national regions. Territories reported to have experienced forest transitions after the onset o… See more

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    Meyfroidt, Patrick; Lambin, Eric F. (21 November 2011). "Global Forest Transition: Prospects for an End to Deforestation". Annual Review of Environment and Resources… See more

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  1. Reversal or turnaround in land-use trends

    Forest transition refers to a geographic theory describing a reversal or turnaround in land-use trends for a given territory from a period of net forest area loss (i.e., deforestation) to a period of net forest area gain. The term "landscape turnaround" has also been used to represent a more general recovery of natural areas that is independent of biome type.
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  2. Can we achieve a Global Forest Transition in our lifetime?

    Apr 20, 2022 · If we want to protect our planet’s forests the world as a whole would need to achieve what many countries have achieved already, the turnaround from deforestation to reforestation – a global forest transition.

  3. Forest transition phase - Our World in Data

    Countries are grouped into four forest transition phases which tend to represent a sequence of development. (1) Pre-transition: high forest cover and low deforestation rates; (2) Early-transition: forests lost at an increasingly rapid …

  4. The forest transition: Towards a more comprehensive theoretical ...

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  6. Forest Transitions: From Restoration to Conservation …

    Nov 16, 2022 · The Forest Transition Theory is a concept proposed in the early 1990s. It describes the changes a forest landscape, region or even country, experiences when its forest cover stops shrinking (due to deforestation) and …

  7. Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use …