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
Indonesian legislation calls for a zero-burning policy. This approach to fire management is largely in response to significant negative impacts on the economy and the environment, not only in Indonesia but also the neighbouring region, that result annually from peat fires in Kalimantan and Sumatr...
A case study from the central extensive peatland sections of the Middle Mahakam Area, East Kalimantan, is used to depic how local use of fire for agriculture extraction activities could be a major factor driving peatland transformation. Large-scale fires that occured in the area in 1982/83 and 19...
Chokkalingam, U.
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Tacconi, L.
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Ruchiat, Y.
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[Fire use, peatland transformation and local livelihoods: a case of positive reinforcement]
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Fire use, peatland transformation and local livelihoods: a case of positive reinforcement
Large-scale, recurrent fires in Indonesia in recent decades have caused widespread deforestation and transformation of peatlands, and have contributed to substantial smoke haze and greenhouse-gas pollution. In some areas, local community use of fire for livelihood needs could be a major factor be...
Chokkalingam, U.
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Kurniawan, I.
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Ruchiat, Y.
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[Fire, livelihoods, and environmental change in the middle Mahakam peatlands, East Kalimantan]
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Fire, livelihoods, and environmental change in the middle Mahakam peatlands, East Kalimantan