Assessing forest cover dynamics and forest perception in the Atlantic Forest of Paraguay, combining remote sensing and household level data

Forests

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Da Ponte, Emmanuel ^a   Mack, Benjamin ^b   Wohlfart, Christian ^b   Rodas, Oscar ^c   Fleckenstein, Martina ^d   Oppelt, Natascha ^a   Dech, Stefan ^b   Kuenzer, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c WorldWide Fund for Nature (WWF) Paraguay   (Paraguay)

^d World Wide Fund Nat Nat C   (Germany)

Author keywords

BAAPA; Farm types; Forest; Household survey; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

BAAPA; EARTH OBSERVATION DATA; FARMERS' PERCEPTIONS; FOREST; FOREST CONSERVATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; LEVEL OF EDUCATIONS; MULTI-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LANDSAT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTS; REMOTE SENSING;

ATLANTIC FOREST; PARAGUAY;

EID: 85031417551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f8100389     Document Type: Article

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