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Over-Exploitation of Forests

A Case Study from North East India

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Anup Saikia

    1. Department of Geography, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India

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  • Presents research on forest loss of a global biodiversity hotspot
  • Describes how a standard tool like GIS can bring new insight into forestry and biodiversity research
  • Focuses on North East India, a relatively little studied area
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Geography (BRIEFSGEOGRAPHY)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Anup Saikia
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Study Area

    • Anup Saikia
    Pages 7-17

  4. Conceptualizing Drivers of Forest Loss

    • Anup Saikia
    Pages 19-24

  5. Data and Methods

    • Anup Saikia
    Pages 25-28

  6. Land-Use Land-Cover Change

    • Anup Saikia
    Pages 29-52

  7. Landscape Metrics

    • Anup Saikia
    Pages 53-60

  8. Drivers of Forest Loss

    • Anup Saikia
    Pages 61-66

  9. Conclusions

    • Anup Saikia
    Pages 67-72
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North east India is a global biodiversity hotspot but a quite understudied area. Forest loss has always been problematic in the area. Using Landsat satellite data from three periods (70s, 80s/90s and 2010s), forest loss is assessed in sample protected areas and other sites in the study area, processing is undertaken using image processing and standard GIS tools. The landscape metrics of selected sites are assessed using the widely used program FRAGSTATS. Drivers of forest loss are central in the discussion of the study.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India

    Anup Saikia

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