Quantification of land cover and land use within the rural complex of the Democratic Republic of Congo

The rural complex is the inhabited agricultural land cover mosaic found along the network of rivers and roads in the forest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a product of traditional small-holder shifting cultivation. To date, thanks to its distinction from primary forest, this area has bee...

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Main Authors: G Molinario, M C Hansen, P V Potapov, A Tyukavina, S Stehman, B Barker, M Humber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa8680