From space and from the ground: Determining forest dynamics in settlement projects in the Brazilian Amazon

International Forestry Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 442-455

  Diniz, F H ^a,b   Kok, K ^a   Hott, M C ^b   Hoogstra Klein, M A ^a   Arts, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

agrarian reform; Brazil; deforestation; remote sensing; stakeholders' perceptions

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; DEFORESTATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; PERCEPTION; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STAKEHOLDER;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 84890705791     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/146554813809025658     Document Type: Article

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