Abstract The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 shows that deforestation has
slowed and afforestation has increased globally during 1990–2015. Planted forests have …

In the growing literature at the interface of rural livelihood improvement and conservation of
natural forests, two overarching issues stand out:(1) How and to what extent use of forest …

The world loses around 24 million hectares of forest every year–an area the size of the UK.
This metric, while important, combines two different types of forest loss: deforestation, the …

The region of Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar in northeastern Libya has undergone rapid, wide-ranging
changes in the land use and land cover (LULC) intensified by the conversion of natural …

Quantification of global forest change has been lacking despite the recognized importance
of forest ecosystem services. In this study, Earth observation satellite data were used to map …