Trajectories of deforestation, coffee expansion and displacement of shifting cultivation in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1187-1198

  Meyfroidt, Patrick ^a   Vu, Tan Phuong ^b   Hoang, Viet Anh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Science   (Viet Nam)

^c Dong Ngac   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Agricultural commodity booms; Ethnic marginalization; Land use policies; REDD+; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; COLONIZATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FOREST COVER; LAND USE; MARGINALIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUBSISTENCE;

DAK LAK; VIET NAM;

EID: 84886718161     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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