Rates and drivers of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia, 2000-2012

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 344-349

  Richards, Daniel R ^a,b   Friess, Daniel A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Forest loss; Indonesia; Myanmar; Oil palm

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BORNEO; DEFORESTATION; ELAEIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INDONESIA; LAND USE; MALAYSIA; MANGROVE; MYANMAR; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; RICE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; TIME FACTOR; WETLAND;

AQUACULTURE; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84954516431     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510272113     Document Type: Article

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