Forest Transitions (IMAGE)

Terry Collins Assoc

Forest Transitions

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Since the 1800s, transitions from net forest loss to gain have coincided with a switch within nations from subsistence to market oriented agriculture. Today the growth or decline of a nation's forest resources correlates strongly to the UN Development Program's Human Development Index. Figures used in the paper are available in high-res at http://bit.ly/2Ii9vsK

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University of Helsinki

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