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An analysis of access to Central Africa's rainforests

Susan Minnemeyer with contributions from Tyson Walker, Jean-Gael Collomb, Linda Cotton, and Dirk Bryant

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  • Fact Sheet (31 Kb)
  • Acknowledgements (337 Kb)
  • Key findings (336 Kb)
  • Introduction (25 Kb)
  • Why identify low-access forests in Central Africa? (36 Kb)
  • How this analysis was conducted (36 Kb)
  • How much of Central Africa's forests have been accessed? (381 Kb)
  • Conclusion and next steps (50 Kb)
  • Appendix: Technical notes (58 Kb)
  • References (24 Kb)
  • Box 1: The importance of Central Africa's rainforest ecosystems (14 Kb)
  • Box 2: How much low-access forest is required to sustain forest species? (16 Kb)
  • Box 3: Logging in Central Africa (44 Kb)
  • Map 1: Coarse-scale estimation of Central Africa's low-access forest tracts (65 Kb)
  • Map 2: Status of low-access forest tracts (70 Kb)
  • Map 3: Finer-scale analysis of Cameroon's low-access forest tracts (57 Kb)
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