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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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WF Forestry

One of the main reasons for increasing population pressure in forested areas of Zambia ...

is immigration from other rural regions and in some cases from urban areas. A new study examines the relationship between in-migration, deforestation and land-use change using data from 1123 households in landscapes of the Miombo Forest Region.

Deforestation Zambia | African-American man working soil at his smallholding between vegetable seedlings
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Deforestation Zambia | African-American man working soil at his smallholding between vegetable seedlings

The results show that migrant households cleared 28% more forest area for crop production and cultivated 8% more area for annual crops. This provides important insights into the impact of internal migration on deforestation in tropical forest areas. To reduce deforestation pressure, future policies should address the root causes of internal migration, e.g. through investments in landscape restoration and sustainable agricultural intensification in areas of origin.

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