Search Results - "Skole, David"

Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda by Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Brandt, Martin, Chave, Jérôme, Reiner, Florian, Skole, David L., Kariryaa, Ankit, Igel, Christian, Hiernaux, Pierre, Ciais, Philippe, Mertz, Ole, Tong, Xiaoye, Li, Sizhuo, Rwanyiziri, Gaspard, Dushimiyimana, Thaulin, Ndoli, Alain, Uwizeyimana, Valens, Lillesø, Jens-Peter Barnekow, Gieseke, Fabian, Tucker, Compton J., Saatchi, Sassan, Fensholt, Rasmus

“…Trees sustain livelihoods and mitigate climate change but a predominance of trees outside forests and limited resources make it difficult for many tropical…”
Get full text

More than one quarter of Africa’s tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest by Reiner, Florian, Brandt, Martin, Tong, Xiaoye, Skole, David, Kariryaa, Ankit, Ciais, Philippe, Davies, Andrew, Hiernaux, Pierre, Chave, Jérôme, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Igel, Christian, Oehmcke, Stefan, Gieseke, Fabian, Li, Sizhuo, Liu, Siyu, Saatchi, Sassan, Boucher, Peter, Singh, Jenia, Taugourdeau, Simon, Dendoncker, Morgane, Song, Xiao-Peng, Mertz, Ole, Tucker, Compton J., Fensholt, Rasmus

“…The consistent monitoring of trees both inside and outside of forests is key to sustainable land management. Current monitoring systems either ignore trees…”
Get full text

Trees outside of forests as natural climate solutions by Skole, David L., Mbow, Cheikh, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Brandt, Martin S., Samek, Jay H.

“…Trees outside of forests are numerous and can be important carbon sinks, while also providing ecosystem services and benefits to livelihoods. New monitoring…”
Get full text

Measuring the extent of trees outside of forests: a nature-based solution for net zero emissions in South Asia by Skole, David L, Samek, Jay, Mehra, Swapan, Bajaj, Rajaditya, Tanmay, Tanishq, Suresh, Sangeetha, Jindal, Shrey, Ndalowa, Dan

“…Abstract To reduce emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gases on a pathway that does not overshoot and keeps global average temperature increase to below…”
Get full text

The Contribution of Trees Outside of Forests to Landscape Carbon and Climate Change Mitigation in West Africa by David L. Skole, Jay H. Samek, Moussa Dieng, Cheikh Mbow

“…While closed canopy forests have been an important focal point for land cover change monitoring and climate change mitigation, less consideration has been…”
Get full text

Sustainable land management policy to address land degradation: linking old forest management practices in Senegal with new REDD+ requirements by Dieng, Moussa, Mbow, Cheikh, Skole, David L., Ba, Baba

“…Prior to the UN Policy framework REDD+, the Government of Senegal (GoS) initiated for many decades, important land management programs to address deforestation…”
Get full text

Assessment of tropical forest degradation by selective logging and fire using Landsat imagery by Matricardi, Eraldo A.T., Skole, David L., Pedlowski, Marcos A., Chomentowski, Walter, Fernandes, Luis Claudio

“…Many studies have assessed the process of forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon using remote sensing approaches to estimate the extent and impact by…”
Get full text

Assessment of forest disturbances by selective logging and forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon using Landsat data by Matricardi, Eraldo A.T, Skole, David L, Pedlowski, Marcos A, Chomentowski, Walter

“…The rapid environmental changes occurring in the Brazilian Amazon due to widespread deforestation have attracted the attention of the scientific community for…”
Get full text

Direct Measurement of Forest Degradation Rates in Malawi: Toward a National Forest Monitoring System to Support REDD by David L. Skole, Jay H. Samek, Cheikh Mbow, Michael Chirwa, Dan Ndalowa, Tangu Tumeo, Daud Kachamba, Judith Kamoto, Alfred Chioza, Francis Kamangadazi

“…Spatial time-series measurements of forest degradation rates are important for estimating national greenhouse gas emissions but have been challenging for open…”
Get full text

Carbon Emissions from Tropical Deforestation and Regrowth Based on Satellite Observations for the 1980s and 1990s by DeFries, Ruth S., Houghton, Richard A., Hansen, Matthew C., Field, Christopher B., Skole, David, Townshend, John

“…Carbon fluxes from tropical deforestation and regrowth are highly uncertain components of the contemporary carbon budget, due in part to the lack of spatially…”
Get full text

Measuring forest ecosystem services in Aceh Province for inclusion to local forest resource management plans by Samek, Jay H, Anhar, Ashabul, Maimunah, Siti, Skole, David

“…The project trained forest managers from Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan (KPH) and Social Forestry units in Aceh Province in forest resource data collection and the…”
Get full text

Secondary Forest Expansion in the Brazilian Amazon and the Refinement of Forest Transition Theory by PERZ, STEPHEN G., SKOLE, DAVID L.

“…This article examines forest change in the Brazilian Amazon in light of forest transition theory. We draw on satellite-based land cover data matched in a…”
Get full text

Allometry for Biomass Estimation in Jatropha Trees Planted as Boundary Hedge in Farmers’ Fields by David L. Skole, George Y. Kanyama-Phiri, Iain H. Woodhouse, Stephy D. Makungwa, Abbie Chittock

“…Regrowth and planted trees in agricultural landscapes are rarely protected from clearing under national Forest Acts. There is, therefore, some question over…”
Get full text

Tropical deforestation and habitat fragmentation in the Amazon: satellite data from 1978 to 1988 by Skole, D, Tucker, C

“…Landsat satellite imagery covering the entire forested portion of the Brazilian Amazon Basin was used to measure, for 1978 and 1988, deforestation, fragmented…”
Get full text

Geography as a Great Intellectual Melting Pot and the Preeminent Interdisciplinary Environmental Discipline by Skole, David L.

“…Geography has always benefitted from an infusion of immigrants, but it has not always been a tranquil history…”
Get full text

Implications of allometry by Skole, David L, Samek, Jay H, Smalligan, Michael J

Get full text

Social determinants of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon by Perz, Stephen G, Skole, David L

“…This paper presents models of secondary forests (“regrowth”) in the Brazilian Amazon using social indicators as explanatory factors. We draw on a spatially…”
Get full text

Mapping deforestation and secondary growth in Rondonia, Brazil, using imaging radar and thematic mapper data by Rignot, Eric, Salas, William A., Skole, David L.

“…Excellent data on deforestation have been obtained in the tropics with the use of high-resolution optical sensors. Yet, several problems remain. Cloud cover…”
Get full text

Achieving mitigation and adaptation to climate change through sustainable agroforestry practices in Africa by Mbow, Cheikh, Smith, Pete, Skole, David, Duguma, Lalisa, Bustamante, Mercedes

“…•Agroforestry shows promise for co-delivery of adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.•Socio-environmental benefits of agroforestry should be…”
Get full text

Long-term forest degradation surpasses deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by Matricardi, Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli, Skole, David Lewis, Costa, Olívia Bueno, Pedlowski, Marcos Antonio, Samek, Jay Howard, Miguel, Eder Pereira

“…Degradation by logging, fire, and fragmentation is increasing as a spatially distinct disturbance in the Amazon landscape. Degradation exceeds deforestation…”
Get full text