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Socioeconomic perspective of deforestation and forest degradation in Nepal

Deforestation and forest degradation are the major ecological problems in developing countries. It is a dynamic process which can be attributed to various socioeconomic and biophysical factors, resulting in the conversion of forest area into a mosaic of mature forest fragments, pasture and degraded habitat. In this research, a multi-agent analysis of social and economic complexity of deforestation was developed for Nepal at two different scales. It offered the temporal analysis of forest changes, people