Deforestation,Climate Change and the Sustainability of Agriculture:A Review
This study aims to survey the literature and factual evidence on the nexus between deforestation and agriculture through an assessment of the potential impacts of climate change in the context of the world,India,and the Western Ghats.The Western Ghats region was chosen for this study because of its deep ecological signifi-cance.A few underlying themes were created and findings were documented under each theme that ranged from the causes of deforestation,the transformation of forest land for agriculture,the nexus between agriculture,defor-estation and climate change,climate-driven agricultural vulnerability and the reconciliation of forest protection with agriculture.These findings suggest that shifting agriculture has been a dominant source of deforestation.The pri-mary climatic impacts on agriculture are seen through crop yield falls.India's arid and semiarid tropical regions have witnessed high climate-driven agricultural sensitivity.This could be on account of the fact that India's tropical forests have witnessed high deforestation.The presence of higher tree densities in areas under Joint Forest Plan-ning and Management in the Western Ghats create the potential for sparing remaining land areas for non-forest uses such as agriculture.
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