Land use patterns and related carbon losses following deforestation in South America

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  De Sy, V ^a   Herold, M ^a   Achard, F ^b   Beuchle, R ^b   Clevers, J G P W ^a   Lindquist, E ^c   Verchot, L ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

deforestation; forest carbon loss; land use; proximate causes; REDD+; remote sensing; South America

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FOREST CARBONS; FOREST MONITORING SYSTEMS; FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; PROXIMATE CAUSE; REDD; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84952933740     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124004     Document Type: Article

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