Impacts of land use and fire on the loss and degradation of lowland forest in 1983-2000 in East Kutai District, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-48

  Dennis, Rona A ^a   Colfer, Carol P ^a  

^a Center for International Forestry Research ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Deforestation; East Kalimantan; Fire; Indonesia; Land cover change trajectories; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST FIRE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LOGGING (TIMBER); PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EAST KALIMANTAN; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 33845358584     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2006.00238.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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