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Showing 1 to 20 of 347 for “"Deforestation"”.
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The impacts of Amazon deforestation on Pacific climate
… the region. It is possible that extensive Amazon deforestation can enhance El Niño conditions by weakening the Walker circulation. Correlations between annual rainfall rates over the Amazon and other atmospheric parameters (global precipitation, surface air temperature, low cloud amount, 500 hPa …
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Understanding Drivers of Deforestation using Games on Spatial Networks
… mitigation and adaptation become imminent. Since deforestation is a key driver of CO₂ emissions and forests constitute a crucial carbon sink, mitigating deforestation is an essential policy lever for governments. However, much of tropical deforestation results from actions of private entities that …
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Deforestation--policies toward a more sustainable tropical timber industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1993.
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Reforestation Management to Prevent Ecosystem Collapse in Stochastic Deforestation
The increasing rate of deforestation, which began decades ago, has significantly impacted on ecosystem services. In this context, secondary forests have emerged as crucial elements in mitigating environmental degradation and restoration. This study is motivated by the need to understand the …
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No More Shade: Deforestation and Rural-Urban Migration in Nigeria
… and cultural conflicts. However, as the deforestation crisis has not improved and Nigeria has maintained its spot as the country with the most deforestation on Earth, access to critical forest resources may be in danger. In light of this crisis, this paper attempts to determine if …
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Testing the accuracy of machine learning methods to predict deforestation
… through carbon dioxide capture. The study of deforestation becomes significantly relevant since the early prediction of forest under threat could lead to specific policy responses promoting conservation measures. Common deforestation patterns are fish-bone, radial, geometric, and diffuse. This …
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National economic development and tropical deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.
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Deforestation and Land-Use Change in Veracruz, Mexico: A Remote Sensing Analysis
The purpose of this study was to analyze deforestation using multi spectral satellite imagery in a region of Veracruz and Puebla Mexico. A smaller study area in a subtropical region in Veracruz was used to relate changes in forest cover to changes in land-uses within the smaller region. A land-use …
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The economics of deforestation : evidence from the Brazilian Amazon and New England
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1995.
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Deforestation and the Transformation of the Landscape of North China: prehistory - present
… has been focused on China's efforts to combat deforestation. A better understanding of North China's forest trends — both past and present — may offer valuable lessons for our environmental future.
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Understanding drivers of deforestation using socio‐psychological behavioural theory and the capability approach
… climate change. Understanding drivers of deforestation is essential for developing any successful intervention to reduce forest degradation or loss, yet there remains relatively little consensus or clarity on how drivers should be identified and classified. I therefore propose a model that …
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Patterns of shallow clouds and rainfall over the Amazon : climatic impacts of deforestation
(cont.) and, to a lesser extent, cold cloud patterns over the Amazon. Through complex interactions, the results reported in this thesis may have important implications for the local ecosystem dynamics of the Amazon, for the geomorphology of the Amazon river basin, for the flow regimes of the Amazon …
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Estimating Carbon Pool and Carbon Release due to Tropical Deforestation Using High-resolution Satellite Data
Forest-cover in the tropics is changing rapidly due to indiscriminate removal of timber from many localities. The main focus of the study is to develop an operational tool for monitoring biomass and carbon pool of tropical forest ecosystems. The method was applied to a test site of Bangladesh. The …
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Impact of protected forests on rural household fuel tree planting and deforestation: Chiro District, Ethiopia
This study aims at exploring the potential impact of forest protection intervention on rural households’ private fuel tree planting in Chiro district of eastern Ethiopia. The study results revealed a robust and significant positive impact of the intervention on farmers’ decisions to produce private …
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A Holistic Analysis for Spatiotemporal Interdependencies of Deforestation, Forest Degradation and Landslide Susceptibility in NE Iran
Various biotic and abiotic agents are changing forests. Prolonged human activities substantially could cause not only different changes in forests but also could accelerate natural hazards in the Anthropocene. Despite several remote sensing-based research in forest changes, there is a need for a …
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The Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Central Africa: A Remotely Sensed Measure of Deforestation and Access
… areas that are extensively forested, the rate of deforestation is one indicator of the integrity of the protected area, and the effectiveness of protected area management. The goal of this study was to examine the deforestation rate in protected areas in Central Africa. Using remote sensing …
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Impact of environmental law enforcement on deforestation, land use and natural regeneration in the Brazilian Amazon
… in the Brazilian Amazon region, on reducing deforestation, reshaping land use change, through livestock, agriculture and natural restoration, and the persistence of natural regeneration. First, I assess the influence of law enforcement on forest loss reduction through a spatial analysis at …
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