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Driver of Forest Change in The Greater Mekong Subregion Myanmar Country Report by Techne Phobos is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes trends in forests and land use in Myanmar. It finds that forest cover decreased from 58% in 1990 to an estimated 47% in 2010 and 43% in 2015, mainly due to deforestation from timber extraction, shifting cultivation, fuelwood collection, and agricultural expansion. Additional drivers include mining, infrastructure development, urbanization, and aquaculture. Underlying drivers include poverty, economic growth, lack of environmental safeguards, unclear land tenure, undervaluation of bi
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- Techne Phobos
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- EN