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Forest degradation activities and their degree of detection using Landsat-type data, adapted from [44]. |
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Highly Detectable |
Detection limited & increasing data/effort |
Detection very limited |
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• Deforestation • Forest fragmentation • Recent slash-and-burn agriculture • Major canopy fires • Major roads • Conversion to tree monoculture • Hydroelectric dams and other forms of flood disturbances • Large-scale mining |
• Selective logging • Forest surface fires • A range of edge-effects • Oldslash-and-burn agriculture • Small scale mining • Unpaved secondary roads (6-20 m wide) • Selective thinning of canopy trees |
• Harvesting of most non-timber plants products • Low-mechanized selective logging • Narrow roads (< 6 m wide) • Understory thinning and clear cutting • Invasion of exotic species |
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Herold et al. Carbon Balance and Management 2011 6:13 doi:10.1186/1750-0680-6-13 |
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