Resource use dynamics and land-cover change in Ang Nhai Village and Phou Phanang National Reserve Forest, Lao PDR

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 382-393

  Thongmanivong, Sithong ^a   Fujita, Yayoi ^a   Fox, Jeff ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^b EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Environmental history; Forest degradation; Land use land cover change; Laos; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FOREST DEGRADATION; LAND-USE/LAND-COVER CHANGE; REGENERATION; SATELLITE IMAGES; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEYS;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE USE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; LAOS; SCRUB; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; FORESTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LAOS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TREES;

AGRICULTURE; AIR CRAFT; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LAOS; LOGGING; PHOTOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LAOS; PHOU PHANANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 26244434785     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0291-z     Document Type: Article

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