Conclusion
The process of LULC changes could be categorized into 3 consecutive events:
Civil war and peace establishment.
In-migration for land access.
Turmoil of smallholder farming.
LULC changes have started after the peace establishment for the KR integration, in which there was an immense flow of in-migrants to appropriate the forest lands. The high profitability of annual upland crops has been decreasing after a short period due to soil depletion and changes of climate leading smallholders into turmoil while the wealthy farmers are shifting to fruit trees to cope with these constraints.
Further reading:
HOR, Sanara et al. The Impact of Agricultural Expansion on Forest Cover in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. Journal of Agricultural Science. Available at: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/view/36319>. Date accessed: 23 may 2017. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jas.v6n9p46. |
