ASSESSMENT OF DEFORESTATION DURING THE LAST DECADES IN ECUADOR USING NOAA-AVHRR SATELLITE DATA

Human activities during the last decades provoked a notable reduction in global forest cover. Knowing that forest stands act as stock and sinks for carbon and other greenhouse gases, it is important to determine the existing forest cover at country level and to calculate annual deforestation rates....

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Veröffentlicht in:Erdkunde. - Erdkunde. - 70(2016), 3, Seite 217-235
1. Verfasser: González-Jaramillo, Víctor (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Fries, Andreas, Rollenbeck, Rütger, Paladines, Jhoana, Oñate-Valdivieso, Fernando, Bendix, Jörg
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Erdkunde
Schlagworte:Biological sciences Environmental studies Social sciences Applied sciences Physical sciences