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Forecasting Areas Vulnerable to Forest Conversion in the Tam Dao National Park Region, Vietnam

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dc.contributor.author Khoi, Duong Dang
dc.contributor.author Murayama, Yuji
dc.date.accessioned 2011-01-05T18:57:57Z
dc.date.available 2011-01-05T18:57:57Z
dc.date.issued 2010 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6673
dc.description.abstract "Tam Dao National Park (TDNP) is a remaining primary forest that supports some of the highest levels of biodiversity in Vietnam. Forest conversion due to illegal logging and agricultural expansion is a major problem that is hampering biodiversity conservation efforts in the TDNP region. Yet, areas vulnerable to forest conversion are unknown. In this paper, we predicted areas vulnerable to forest changes in the TDNP region using multi-temporal remote sensing data and a multi-layer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) with a Markov chain model (MLPNN-M). The MLPNN-M model predicted increasing pressure in the remaining primary forest within the park as well as on the secondary forest in the surrounding areas. The primary forest is predicted to decrease from 18.03% in 2007 to 15.10% in 2014 and 12.66% in 2021. Our results can be used to prioritize locations for future biodiversity conservation and forest management efforts. The combined use of remote sensing and spatial modeling techniques provides an effective tool for monitoring the remaining forests in the TDNP region." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject deforestation en_US
dc.subject networks en_US
dc.subject Markov models en_US
dc.title Forecasting Areas Vulnerable to Forest Conversion in the Tam Dao National Park Region, Vietnam en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.type.methodology Case Study en_US
dc.coverage.region East Asia en_US
dc.coverage.country Vietnam en_US
dc.subject.sector Forestry en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Remote Sensing en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 2 en_US
dc.identifier.citationpages 1249-1272 en_US


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