Mapping and monitoring deforestation and forest degradation in Sumatra (Indonesia) using Landsat time series data sets from 1990 to 2010

Mapping and monitoring deforestation and forest degradation in Sumatra (Indonesia) using Landsat time series data sets from 1990 to 2010

As reported by FAO (2005 State of the World’s Forests (Rome: UNFAO), 2010 Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) 2010/095 (Rome: UNFAO)), Indonesia experiences the second highest rate of deforestation among tropical countries. Hence, timely and accurate forest data are required to combat deforestation and...

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Main Authors: Belinda Arunarwati Margono, Svetlana Turubanova, Ilona Zhuravleva, Peter Potapov, Alexandra Tyukavina, Alessandro Baccini, Scott Goetz, Matthew C Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
deforestation
forest degradation
change detection
remote sensing
Landsat
Indonesia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034010

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034010

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