2017
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176364
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Losing a jewel—Rapid declines in Myanmar’s intact forests from 2002-2014

Abstract: New and rapid political and economic changes in Myanmar are increasing the pressures on the country’s forests. Yet, little is known about the past and current condition of these forests and how fast they are declining. We mapped forest cover in Myanmar through a consortium of international organizations and environmental non-governmental groups, using freely-available public domain data and open source software tools. We used Landsat satellite imagery to assess the condition and spatial distribution of Myanmar… Show more

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“…The region also retains one of the largest primarily-contiguous intact forest areas in the country [25], making it critically important for the long-term conservation of wide-ranging “landscape species” such as tiger and Asian elephant [28]. Decades of armed conflict in the region previously restricted the rate of forest loss while limiting access for biological inventory and monitoring efforts.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The region also retains one of the largest primarily-contiguous intact forest areas in the country [25], making it critically important for the long-term conservation of wide-ranging “landscape species” such as tiger and Asian elephant [28]. Decades of armed conflict in the region previously restricted the rate of forest loss while limiting access for biological inventory and monitoring efforts.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Visual interpretation of fine-resolution imagery was based on patch size and geometric shape, texture, color, or vegetation phenology in cases where time series of reference imagery were available. Although forest degradation can occur without a reduction of canopy cover, intact forest canopies in Tanintharyi are mostly closed [12]. As a result, we created training data for degraded forest classes in areas where early dry season canopy cover was less than 80%.…”
Section: Mapping Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These include studies at global [53], national [6,12,24,54,55], and sub-national scales [14,23,[55][56][57]. Countrywide studies have frequently focused on estimating overall rates of forest loss, without quantifying the unique threats faced by particular forest types (e.g., [6,12,24,58]). However, Wang and Myint [54] estimated nationwide deforestation rates (2001-2010) for each of five unique forest types and found that mangrove and deciduous forest had experienced deforestation rates that were 2-5 times the national average.…”
Section: Mapping Of Forest Types and Degradation Extentmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Several large reservoirs were not included in the HydroSHEDS global lakes layer nor in the land use/land cover data. These reservoirs were derived based on data from Bhagwat et al (2017). Roads data were obtained from MIMU.…”
Section: Opportunity Areas/ Restoration Scenariomentioning
confidence: 99%