... in forest use during Malthusian forest transition forest recovery forest history conservation policy development policy In the popular consciousness, the dynamics of tropical ecosystems embody a single narrative of catastrophic deforestation and land degradation. Emphasizing clearing, fragmentation...

...Forest resurgence or forest transition—the widespread recovery of forests in the tropics and more generally—is explained in several bodies of bio-social and economic theory, including urbanization, economic efficiency, environmental politics, and globalization of labor and commodity markets, many...

.... Forest transitions can proceed as part of a deliberate plan at the local, regional, or national level or can occur as an unintended consequence of economic and political change. bombing campaigns Cutumayo basin El Salvador El Salvador civil war forest cover breaks in the continuity of globalization...