Domestic food crops overlooked as driver of deforestation
Global efforts to halt deforestation have largely overlooked the expansion of fields to grow staple crops such as rice, maize and cassava for domestic food consumption, innovative new research has found. It recommends that governments and businesses should pay greater attention to these drivers given their substantial impact on biodiversity loss, climate change and food security.
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Indonesian pulp exports and deforestation
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Domestic food crops overlooked as driver of deforestation
Global efforts to halt deforestation have largely overlooked the expansion of fields to grow staple crops such as rice, maize and cassava for domestic food consumption, innovative new research has found. It recommends that governments and businesses should pay greater attention to these drivers given their substantial impact on biodiversity loss, climate change and food security.
