Mapping the extent of abandoned farmland in Central and Eastern Europe using MODIS time series satellite data

Mapping the extent of abandoned farmland in Central and Eastern Europe using MODIS time series satellite data

The demand for agricultural products continues to grow rapidly, but further agricultural expansion entails substantial environmental costs, making recultivating currently unused farmland an interesting alternative. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to widespread abandonment of agricultura...

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Main Authors: Camilo Alcantara, Tobias Kuemmerle, Matthias Baumann, Eugenia V Bragina, Patrick Griffiths, Patrick Hostert, Jan Knorn, Daniel Müller, Alexander V Prishchepov, Florian Schierhorn, Anika Sieber, Volker C Radeloff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
land use change
agricultural abandonment
fallow land
recultivation
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
remote sensing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035035

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