A review of swidden agriculture in Southeast Asia

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1654-1683

  Li, Peng ^a   Feng, Zhiming ^a   Jiang, Luguang ^a   Liao, Chenhua ^a   Zhang, Jinghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Drivers; Fire related; Impacts; REDD; Remote sensing; Review; Southeast Asia (SEA); Swidden agriculture

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FIRE-RELATED; IMPACTS; INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM; REDD; REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION (REDD); REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEWS; TRUCK DRIVERS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84896847469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6021654     Document Type: Review

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