This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the extent of forest and scrub burning in the Danau Sentarum area, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Burn scar areas were detected using remotely sensed data from four periods (1973, 1990, 1994 and 1997) obtained from a 24-year record. The results show a s...
Dennis, R.A.
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Erman, A.
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Meijaard, E.
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[Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives]
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Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives
This study in the wake of 1990s fire catastrophes identifies and analyzes underlying causes of vegetation fires in eight locations across Borneo and Sumatra. Multidisciplinary and multiscale analysis integrates geospatial technologies with varied social research approaches and participatory mappi...
Dennis, R.A.
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Mayer, J.
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Applegate, G.
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Chokkalingam, U.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Kurniawan, I.
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Lachowski, H.
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Maus, P.
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Permana, R.P.
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Ruchiat, Y.
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Stolle, F.
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Suyanto
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Tomich, Thomas P.
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[Fire, people and pixels: linking social science and remote sensing to understand underlying causes and impacts of fires in Indonesia]
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Fire, people and pixels: linking social science and remote sensing to understand underlying causes and impacts of fires in Indonesia
Fire in the wet tropical climate of Indonesia is not a new phenomenon. The 'Great Fire of Borneo' in 1982-83 was one of the worst fire events in recent decades. Small holders clearing land for cultivation were primarily blamed for starting fires that rapidly spread out of control. Subsequent fire...
The recent forest fires in Indonesia have left severe scars on the environment and the economy. Remote sensing and GIS are being integrated and utilized to quantify the effects of the burning on the several local communities in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Large scale, catastrophic fires have become a significant and visible part of the tropical forest landscape in the past two decades with increased commercial exploitation of forests, forest conversion and increased population pressure. Secondary forests are an increasingly prominent feature of tr...
Dennis, R.A.
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Hoffmann, A.
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Applegate, G.
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Gemmingen, G. von
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Kartawinata, K.
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[Large-scale fire: creator and destroyer of secondary forests in Western Indonesia]
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Large-scale fire: creator and destroyer of secondary forests in Western Indonesia