Drivers of forest loss in a megadiverse hotspot on the pacific Coast of Colombia

Tropical forests are disappearing at unprecedented rates, but the drivers behind this transformation are not always clear. This limits the decision-making processes and the effectiveness of forest management policies. In this paper, we address the extent and drivers of deforestation of the Choco bio...

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Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad de Medellín
Repositorio:
Repositorio UDEM
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/5945
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/11407/5945
Palabra clave:
Biodiversity hotspot
Deforestation
Google earth engine
Landsat
Sentinel
Tropical humid forests
Biodiversity
Crops
Decision making
Decision trees
Deforestation
Satellite imagery
Broadleaf forest
Decision making process
Forest management policies
Land cover mapping
Optical satellite imagery
Random forest classifier
Restoration project
Tropical forest
Conservation
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