Title
Patterns of forest loss per territorial category in the Amazon rainforest: Peru (2001-2016)
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rubin-de-Celis-Llanos E.
Rosot N.C.
Dalla Corte A.P.
Araki H.
Publisher(s)
Fundacao de Pesquisas Florestais do Parana
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to analyze the patterns of forest loss in the Peruvian Amazon between 2001 and 2016 according to 16 territorial categories and two types of land tenure (public and private) and administration (public and private). Through descriptive analysis and multivariate analysis using official forest loss data provided by the Peruvian government, a progressive increase in forest loss was detected over time, with the highest peaks in 2009, 2014, and 2016. The departments of San Martín, Loreto, and Ucayali presented the greatest loss. The three territorial categories with the greatest forest loss were the noncategorized areas (NCs), indigenous communities with land titles (ICTs), and rural lands (RLs). The NC category did not affect the general tendency of deforestation in Peru given that the forest loss dynamics in this category were similar to those of other territorial categories with assigned land rights.
Start page
859
End page
868
Volume
49
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Forestal
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85073217097
Source
Floresta
ISSN of the container
00153826
Sponsor(s)
Peru Observation Unit (Sala de Observación Perú [SdO-OTCA])-Engineer Carlos Salinas Montes. álvaro Claros Canales and Sheila Gamarra Agama for their support in the generation of thematic layers and maps
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus