• The release of carbon into the atmosphere from forest conversion and exploitation is estimated to be 18% of global carbon dioxide emissions, and thus a significant contributor to the increase of atmospheric CO (and 2 other greenhouse gas) concentrations that is linked to global climate change (IPCC, 2007). • If the recent estimates of total emissions of 3 Giga ton per year for Indonesia are true, per capita emissions are twice that in France and 30% above those in the UK or Germany.
Publication year
2008
Authors
van Noordwijk, M.; Dewi, S.; Ekadinata, A.
Language
English
Keywords
classification systems, deforestation, degradation, forests, land use, remote sensing
Geographic
Indonesia
