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No End to Deforestation?

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World Forests, Society and Environment

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Forest areas have been expanding and shrinking as a consequence of changing climate and other natural factors since forests first appeared on the earth. The ancient hunter-gatherers began the intentional deforestation by setting fires for hunting purposes. Along with agriculture and ironmaking, deforestation was expanded considerably in China some 6000 and in Africa at least 4000 years ago (Siiriäinen 1996; Zhang).

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Palo, M. (1999). No End to Deforestation?. In: Palo, M., Uusivuori, J. (eds) World Forests, Society and Environment. World Forests, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4746-0_6

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