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July 24, 2023CIFOR

CIFOR-ICRAF and GRADE study: Analyzing the influence of transport infrastructure on deforestation dynamics

“The dynamics of deforestation in the forests of the Peruvian Amazon respond above all to synergies with socioeconomic, institutional and political contextual factors, and not only to the role of road infrastructure.”

Read the preliminary findings of a study led by the Center for International Forestry Research and the International Center for Agroforestry Research (CIFOR-ICRAF) in collaboration with GRADE that will analyze the boundaries of deforestation and transport infrastructure on land use dynamics with a view to providing recommendations.

Read the full article (in Spanish) here.