Status of peatland degradation and development in Sumatra and Kalimantan

Ambio

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 394-401

  Miettinen, Jukka ^a   Liew, Soo Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Peatland degradation; Southeast Asia; Tropical peatland

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FIRE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PEATLAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 84755161318     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0051-2     Document Type: Article

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