The future of forests and orangutans (Pongoabelii) in Sumatra: Predicting impacts of oil palm plantations, road construction, and mechanisms for reducing carbon emissions from deforestation

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Gaveau, David L A ^a,b   Wich, Serge ^c   Epting, Justin ^d   Juhn, Daniel ^d   Kanninen, Markku ^e   Leader Williams, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Bogor   (Indonesia)

^c Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

^d Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

oil palm plantations; orangutan; predictive models; RED; road construction; Sumatra; tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955599872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/3/034013     Document Type: Article

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