Pan-tropical monitoring of deforestation

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Achard, F ^a   Defries, R ^b   Eva, H ^a   Hansen, M ^c   Mayaux, P ^a   Stibig, H J ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation monitoring; Pan tropical; Remote sensing observations

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONSENSUS PROTOCOLS; FOREST MONITORING SYSTEMS; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PAN-TROPICAL; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

MONITORING;

EID: 37649009164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/045022     Document Type: Article

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