Assessment of Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Phnom Tbeng Forest Based on Socio-Economic Surveys
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52288#.VI-PY8nQrzE Author(s) Somanta Chan 1* , Nophea Sasaki 1,2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Policy and Management Informatics, Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan . 2 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia . ABSTRACT Carbon emission reductions through reducing deforestation and forest degradation or REDD+ scheme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change could not be achieved without understanding the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. Until recently, only a handful of study has focused on such drivers. Cambodia ex...