Essays about: "threats to biosphere reserve"

Found 2 essays containing the words threats to biosphere reserve.

1. 1. Deforestation Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation in the Dja Biosphere Reserve of Cameroon

   University essay from Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utveckling

   Author : Ndum Fidelis Oke; [2009]
   Keywords : Deforestation; Biodiversity Conservation; Sustainable Development;

   Abstract : Abstract The tropical rainforest of the world are very important for the global ecosystems. Most of the remaining rainforest in Africa is concentrated within the Congo Basin forest area. The Congo basin rainforest is second that of the Amazon basin and with the Indonesian forest are the most important rainforest in the world. READ MORE

3. 2. Geospatial monitoring and evaluation of UNESCO world heritage forest areas in the Tropics

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

   Author : Kumar Mukesh; [2009]
   Keywords : NDVI; Landsat; Image differencing; supervised ;

   Abstract : This Study aimed at providing a better understanding for monitoring the status, change and threats to UNESCO world heritage areas that are present in the tropical forest. Three change detection techniques were tested using Landsat images for detecting area of changes in the region of the Rio Platano biosphere reserve, a tropical rain forest in Honduras. READ MORE