1. Table 1. Deforestation and revegetation in Mexico, 1976–2000.
From: Neotropical Forest Conservation, Agricultural Intensification, and Rural Out-migration: The Mexican Experience
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2. Table 2. Deforestation and revegetation indexes between 1984 and 2005, by case study.
From: Neotropical Forest Conservation, Agricultural Intensification, and Rural Out-migration: The Mexican Experience
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3. Table 3. Degradation and regrowth ratios for selected case studies.
From: Neotropical Forest Conservation, Agricultural Intensification, and Rural Out-migration: The Mexican Experience
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4. Table 4. Meta-analysis of deforestation rates from case studies.
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5. Figure 1. Evolution of urban, rural, and primary sector population in Mexico, 1900–2030. Primary sector includes urban and rural population in agriculture, forestry and fishery. Localities with fewer than 2500 inhabitants are considered rural. Data from 1900 to 1990 are from the library Raúl Baillères Jr., Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México ( Data from 1995 to 2005 are from population censuses and Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo ( Projected data for 2010–2030 (shaded area) are from Consejo Nacional de Población (
From: Neotropical Forest Conservation, Agricultural Intensification, and Rural Out-migration: The Mexican Experience
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6. Figure 2. Land use/cover change dynamics in the Purepecha region (1986–2000). Thickness of the arrow indicates the magnitude of the transitions between classes in terms of absolute area. Numbers in circles indicate the percentage of gains (blank circles) and losses (gray circles) that a given transition represents for each class. Source: Based on data from Guerrero and colleagues (2008).
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7. Figure 3. Land-use and cover change (1975–2005) in a sample of 101 plots cultivated at some point with maize in the upper El Tablón River basin, within the buffer zone of La Sepultura Biological Reserve. Plots were visited and mapped, and owners were interviewed in depth in 2005 about the timing of and reasons for successive land use/cover changes. Plots with revegetation are not heading toward old-forest growth, but rather toward medium-term rotation with maize and grassland. After 1996, no maize plot in the sample came from clearing forest. New deforestation for grassland is not included here, but encroachment on forest margins has been observed. Source: Based on data from Valsieso (2008).
From: Neotropical Forest Conservation, Agricultural Intensification, and Rural Out-migration: The Mexican Experience
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