Articles | Volume 72, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-72-465-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-72-465-2017
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15 Dec 2017
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Forest transitions: a new conceptual scheme

Christian A. Kull

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The concept forest transition refers to a pattern in which historical deforestation is replaced by forest regrowth. The concept normally points to economic, social, and political causes. This paper proposes a new analytical model that focuses attention on four interrelated processes: changes in tree cover; changes in forest quality; change in the ecological, socio-economic, and political processes that create particular forests; and changes in the way we think about and categorize forests.