Success in addressing these ultimate drivers of loss lies in tackling the proximate threats (from agriculture, forestry and infrastructure development) using more sustainable production methods, along with underlying causes such as a lack of control of land-use planning in many highly biodiverse countries.
Recent occurrence of deforestation in the area is strongly associated with soil/vegetation characteristics, infrastructure development and settlement locations while the proximate causes are related to agricultural expansion.
For example, patients incur costs for greater distances travelled in dealing with underdeveloped transport infrastructure or medicine stock outs in more proximate clinics.
The main proximate drivers of habitat loss and degradation were agriculture, urbanization, infrastructure development (particularly the building of dams) and logging.
Proximate threats include logging, clearing, agricultural expansion, urbanization, grazing, expansion of infrastructure, mining, invasion by exotic species, hydrological changes, and salinization (Wilson et al., 2005 a, b ).
Perceived changes in infrastructure, safety and visibility were all associated with proximity, and because these were hypothesised to change as a direct and proximate result of the intervention they were placed directly after proximity in the model.
Proximate lignin and cellulose.
That's the proximate strategic goal".
Complacency among Americans was the proximate cause.
The most concrete, proximate, useful result?
And she was proximate to a mailroom.
