Accelerated deforestation driven by large-scale land acquisitions in Cambodia

More than 2 million hectares of Cambodian land have been leased to investors since 2000. Combined satellite and local records show that deforestation on leased land is 29% to 105% higher than in comparable unleased areas.

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  2015

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  Nature Geoscience

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  2015-10-01

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  DOI 10.1038/NGEO2540
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