FORESTRY
FOREST PROTECTION
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Africa
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South-East Asia
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South America
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Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -The biggest drivers of deforestation in the Congo rainforest over the past 30 years have been small-scale subsistence agriculture, clearing for charcoal and fuelwood, urban expansion, and mining.
Detailed explanation-2: -Agricultural deforestation is driven by increased global demand for such commodities, government policies to stimulate that demand, and trade and finance policies that facilitate their expansion and sale. Other causes include illegal logging, mining and poor forest management.
Detailed explanation-3: -Direct causes of deforestation are agricultural expansion, wood extraction (e.g., logging or wood harvest for domestic fuel or charcoal), and infrastructure expansion such as road building and urbanization.