Satellite-based primary forest degradation assessment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000-2010

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Zhuravleva, I ^a   Turubanova, S ^b   Potapov, P ^b   Hansen, M ^b   Tyukavina, A ^b   Minnemeyer, S ^c   Laporte, N ^d   Goetz, S ^d   Verbelen, F ^e   Thies, C ^e  

^a Greenpeace Russia ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Greenpeace International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

deforestation; Democratic Republic of the Congo; forest degradation; intact forest landscapes; Landsat; primary forests; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST LANDSCAPE; LANDSAT; PRIMARY FOREST;

DEGRADATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREA;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; REMOTE SENSING;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 84880856144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024034     Document Type: Article

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