Deforestation in the Ucayali region is strongly associated with human migration between the Andean zone and the Amazonian lowlands beginning in the 1940s. This disorderly colonization has caused serious impacts to forest cover, mainly in areas with better access through rivers and roads. Extractive activities such as forestry have contributed facilitating access to seasonally flooded zones, with lower direct impacts as compared to extensive cattle ranching and slash-and-burn agriculture. Deforestation in Ucayali is mainly due to non- Amazonian factors.
Publication year
2009
Authors
Language
Spanish
Geographic
Colombia
