Attribution of Disturbance Agents to Forest Change Using a Landsat Time Series in Tropical Seasonal Forests in the Bago Mountains, Myanmar

Attribution of Disturbance Agents to Forest Change Using a Landsat Time Series in Tropical Seasonal Forests in the Bago Mountains, Myanmar

In 2016, in response to forest loss, the Myanmar government banned logging operations for 1 year throughout the entire country and for 10 years in specific regions. However, it is unclear whether this measure will effectively reduce forest loss, because disturbance agents other than logging may have...

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Main Authors: Katsuto Shimizu, Oumer S. Ahmed, Raul Ponce-Hernandez, Tetsuji Ota, Zar Chi Win, Nobuya Mizoue, Shigejiro Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
change attribution
disturbance
Landsat
trajectory-based analysis
tropical seasonal forest
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/6/218

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