Monitoring deforestation, forest health, and environmental criticality in a protected area periphery using Geospatial Techniques

Protected areas in South Asia face significant challenges due to human disturbance and deforestation. The ongoing debate surrounds the recent surge in illegal encroachment of forest buffer zones in the Musali divisional secretariat division (DSD), which has led to a significant loss of forest cover...

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Main Authors: Neel Chaminda Withanage, Prabuddh Kumar Mishra, Kamal Abdelrahman, Rajender Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2024-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/17714.pdf