Regional Deforestation Trends within Local Realities: Land-Cover Change in Southeastern Peru 1996–2011

Regional Deforestation Trends within Local Realities: Land-Cover Change in Southeastern Peru 1996–2011

Estimating deforested areas and deforestation rates have become key steps for quantifying environmental services of tropical rain forests, particularly as linked to programs such as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). In Southeastern Peru, reliable estimates of land-c...

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Main Authors: Andrea Chávez Michaelsen, Leticia Huamani Briceño, Ronny Fernandez Menis, Nemin Bejar Chura, Frank Valera Tito, Stephen Perz, I. Foster Brown, Sandro Domínguez Del Aguila, Raúl Pinedo Mora, Gabriel Alarcón Aguirre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-04-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
land use
land cover change
change detection
Madre de Dios
Amazon
Peru
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/2/2/131

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