Remote sensing of forest degradation: a review

Y Gao, M Skutsch, J Paneque-Gálvez… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Forest degradation affects forest structure, composition and diversity, carbon stocks,
functionality and ecosystem processes. It is known to contribute significantly to global carbon …

Understanding the drivers of S outheast A sian biodiversity loss

AC Hughes - Ecosphere, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Southeast Asia (SE Asia) is a known global hotspot of biodiversity and endemism,
yet the region is also one of the most biotically threatened. Ecosystems across the region are …

A global view of shifting cultivation: Recent, current, and future extent

A Heinimann, O Mertz, S Frolking… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Mosaic landscapes under shifting cultivation, with their dynamic mix of managed and natural
land covers, often fall through the cracks in remote sensing–based land cover and land use …

Monitoring shifting cultivation in Laos with Landsat time series

S Chen, P Olofsson, T Saphangthong… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shifting cultivation is an agricultural practice in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily,
then abandoned, and vegetation is allowed to regenerate during fallow periods. Shifting …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing of swidden agriculture in the tropics: A review

N Jiang, P Li, Z Feng - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation …, 2022 - Elsevier
The evolution and transformations of swidden agriculture closely relate to ongoing studies of
carbon budget, biological diversity, ecosystem services, indigenous wellbeing, and ethnic …

[HTML][HTML] Wild food collection and nutrition under commercial agriculture expansion in agriculture-forest landscapes

RB Broegaard, LV Rasmussen, N Dawson… - Forest Policy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Wild food constitutes a substantial part of household food consumption around the world, but
rapid land use changes influence the availability of wild foods, which has implications for …

The impacts of shifting cultivation on secondary forests dynamics in tropics: A synthesis of the key findings and spatio temporal distribution of research

SA Mukul, J Herbohn - Environmental Science & Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Shifting cultivation has been attributed to causing large-scale deforestation and forest
degradation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers. This view has been embedded in many …

Effects of landscape segregation on livelihood vulnerability: Moving from extensive shifting cultivation to rotational agriculture and natural forests in northern Laos

JC Castella, G Lestrelin, C Hett, J Bourgoin, YR Fitriana… - Human Ecology, 2013 - Springer
This study investigates four decades of socio-economic and environmental change in a
shifting cultivation landscape in the northern uplands of Laos. Historical changes in land …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing of forest degradation in Southeast Asia—Aiming for a regional view through 5–30 m satellite data

J Miettinen, HJ Stibig, F Achard - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
In this review paper we present geographical, ecological and historical aspects of Southeast
Asia from the perspective of forest degradation monitoring and critically discuss available …

Review of drivers of forest degradation and deforestation in Southeast Asia

S Chen, C Woodcock, L Dong, K Tarrio… - Remote Sensing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Even though Southeast Asia is a hotspot of forest degradation and deforestation,
thorough reviews of the drivers of forest degradation and deforestation are lacking in the …