Using satellite images to reveal
changes in forest cover between 1972 and 2002, researchers from the University of Papua New Guinea and the Australian National University found that Papua New Guinea (PNG) lost more than 5 million hectares of forest over the past three decades — total forest cover declined from 38 million hectares in 1972 to 33 million hectares in 2002.
Not exact matches
To investigate
changes to
forest cover, Leimgruber, Horning and colleagues used Landsat satellite images to map
forest cover in Myanmar
between 2002 and 2014.
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In inland Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, our results show much lower deforestation rates than post-2000 period, in contrast to FAO estimates (FAO, 2010) showing rather monotonic forest cover change trends between the two periods,» the authors writ
In inland Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, our results show much lower deforestation rates than post-2000 period,
in contrast to FAO estimates (FAO, 2010) showing rather monotonic forest cover change trends between the two periods,» the authors writ
in contrast to FAO estimates (FAO, 2010) showing rather monotonic
forest cover change trends
between the two periods,» the authors write.
NASA's Quarterly Indicator of
Cover Change (QUICC), a MODIS satellite - based product that underpins Mongabay's Global
Forest Disturbance Alert System (GloF - DAS), detected a significant increase in forest disturbance in Peru's Alto Nanay Pintuyacu Chambira conservation area and Alto Purus National Park between January 1 and March 31,
Forest Disturbance Alert System (GloF - DAS), detected a significant increase
in forest disturbance in Peru's Alto Nanay Pintuyacu Chambira conservation area and Alto Purus National Park between January 1 and March 31,
forest disturbance
in Peru's Alto Nanay Pintuyacu Chambira conservation area and Alto Purus National Park
between January 1 and March 31, 2015.
Chart: Percent
forest cover change in Indonesia and Malaysia
between 2000 and 2010.
(a) Scientific, socio - economic, technical, and methodological issues, including the role of
forests,
in particular tropical
forests,
in the global carbon cycle; definitional issues, including those relating to links
between deforestation and degradation; data availability and quality; scale; rates and drivers of deforestation; estimation of
changes in carbon stocks and
forest cover; and related uncertainties;