Congo Basin forest loss dominated by increasing smallholder clearing

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat2993
• Publication Date: 2018-11-07T19:05:24Z
• Authors: Alexandra Tyukavina; Matthew C. Hansen; Peter Potapov; Diana Parker; Chima Okpa; Stephen V. Stehman; Indrani Kommareddy; Svetlana Turubanova
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; Conservation of Natural Resources; Congo; 13. Climate action; Industry; Agriculture; Forests; 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences; Research Articles; Trees; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Congo Basin forest loss is dominated by smallholder agriculture with accelerating primary forest loss mirroring population growth.