Commodity-driven Deforestation

Commodity-Driven Deforestation is a form of tropical deforestation that results from the expansion of agricultural and extractive industries to meet global demand for commodities such as beef, soy, palm oil, and timber, distinguished from other deforestation types by its direct linkage to commercial production and international trade.

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2017–2026

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Deforestation

Publications

110

Classifying drivers of global forest loss

Philip G. Curtis, Christy M. Slay, Nancy L. Harris et al. · Science · 2018 · 2.3K citations

Natural Resources, Forestry, Forest Conservation +14

Effect of oil palm sustainability certification on deforestation and fire in Indonesia

Kimberly M. Carlson, Robert Heilmayr, Holly K. Gibbs et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 366 citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Forestry, Sustainable Agriculture +14

Deforestation displaced: trade in forest-risk commodities and the prospects for a global forest transition

Florence Pendrill, U. Martin Persson, Javier Godar et al. · Environmental Research Letters · 2019 · 362 citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Forestry, Natural Resource Economics +15

Why do Farmers Prefer Oil Palm? Lessons Learnt from Bungo District, Indonesia

Laurène Feintrenie, Wan Kian Chong, Patrice Levang · Small-scale Forestry · 2010 · 327 citations

Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Sustainable Agriculture +7

The Roles and Movements of Actors in the Deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia

Philip M. Fearnside · Ecology and Society · 2008 · 297 citations · Full text

Law, Agricultural Economics, Economics +14

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Authors

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Patrick Meyfroidt
UCLouvain, Belgium
9 publications · 747 citations
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Javier Godar
Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
7 publications · 769 citations
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Toby Gardner
Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
6 publications · 407 citations
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Erasmus K. H. J. zu Ermgassen
UCLouvain, Belgium
5 publications · 379 citations
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Rachael Garrett
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
5 publications · 302 citations
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Environmental Research Letters
ERL · 6 publications · 1.1K citations
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World Development
4 publications · 395 citations
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Land Use Policy
4 publications · 463 citations
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Forests
4 publications · 89 citations
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Global Environmental Change
3 publications · 175 citations
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