Leases of land concessions in Cambodia have accelerated in the last ten years. An analysis using high-resolution maps and official documents shows that deforestation rates in the land concessions are higher than in other areas.
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Rudel, T. Deforestation by land grabbers. Nature Geosci 8, 752–753 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2549
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