Projecting Future Unplanned Deforestation for a REDD Feasibility ...
Projecting Future Unplanned Deforestation for a REDD Feasibility ...
Projecting Future Unplanned Deforestation for a REDD Feasibility ...
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Takamanda Mone Context<br />
Drivers of <strong>De<strong>for</strong>estation</strong> and Forest Degradation<br />
Existing Roads:<br />
Infrastructure<br />
• Low density of road network<br />
• Seasonal, impracticable during wet season<br />
Planned projects:<br />
• Project to upgrade and new part between<br />
Mamfe and Akwaya, studies conducted<br />
• Project to tar national road linking Bameda to<br />
Ekok on Nigeria border<br />
Potential impact:<br />
• Increased immigration and need <strong>for</strong> food<br />
production<br />
• Better access to markets might increase<br />
commercial agriculture<br />
• Former marginal lands may become profitable<br />
<strong>for</strong> agriculture mining, and logging
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