Change in vegetation cover in East Timor, 1989-1999

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Bouma, George A ^a   Kobryn, Halina T ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deforestration; Dense forest; Forest; Natural resources management; Remote sensing; Timor Leste; Vegetation cover; Woodland

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL AREAS; SATELLITES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

TRANSMIGRATION POLICIES; VEGETATION COVER;

VEGETATION;

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; RESOURCE USE; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 1642300968     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0165-0203.2004.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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