This paper examines the factors that influence rural household decisions to clear forestland. We use a large dataset com prising 7172 households from 24 developing countries. Twenty seven percent of sampled households had converted forest to agriculture during the previous 12 months, clearing on average 1.21 ha. Male headed households with abundance of male labor, living in recently settled pla...

Delineating riparian management zones (RMZ) around streams to protect ecological functions is critical during forest management. This study compared the area dedicated RMZ using USFS functional-based buffer approach versus individual state-defined allocation strategies along headwater across 17 states within US. The method uses a variable-width that seeks capture of area. Our sought contrast th...

Over 500,000 hectares of grassland have been converted to managed forestland in Uruguay since} 990. This study was initiated to determine the hydrologic and water quality impacts of changing land use from grassland (pasture) to pine plantation in Uruguay. Two adjacent watersheds located on the El Cerro ranch in the Tacuarembo River basin were selected for a paired watershed study. Outflow rates...

Since 1952, U.S. timberland has decreased by about 20 million acres, with about one-quarter of the reduction in the South. Although some of the timberland has been converted to urban and developed uses, Larger amounts of land shifted uses between forest and agriculture because of changes in product markets and policy conditions. We summarize area trends for major land uses, examine recent polic...

Analyzing land use changes (LUC) in both past and future scenarios is critical to optimize local ecology formulate policies for sustainable development. We analyzed LUC characteristics Huaibei City, China from 1985 2020, used the CLUE-S PLUS models simulate LU 2020. Then, we compared accuracy of simulation phase chose model project under four 2025. The results showed following: (1) Farmland gra...