The perils of misusing remote sensing data. The case of forest cover

Research on deforestation has grown exponentially due to the availability of satellitebased measures of forest cover. One of the most popular is Global Forest Change (GFC). Using GFC, we estimate that the Colombian civil conflict increases ¿forest cover¿. Using an alternative source that validates t...

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Autores:
Fergusson Talero, Leopoldo
Saavedra, Santiago
Vargas, Juan F.
Tipo de recurso:
Work document
Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/41127
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/41127
Palabra clave:
Forest cover
Conflict
Measurement
D74, Q23, Q34
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/