Forest cover dynamics of shifting cultivation in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a remote sensing-based assessment for 2000–2010
Shifting cultivation has traditionally been practiced in the Democratic Republic of Congo by carving agricultural fields out of primary and secondary forest, resulting in the rural complex: a characteristic land cover mosaic of roads, villages, active and fallow fields and secondary forest. Forest c...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
IOP Publishing
2015-01-01
|
Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094009 |