A landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a REDD+ perspective

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cg.coverage.countryLaos
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2LA
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.07.011
cg.issn0143-6228
cg.issue2
cg.journalApplied Geography
cg.subject.ciforBIODIVERSITY
cg.subject.ciforFOREST MANAGEMENT
cg.volume32
dc.contributor.authorHett, C.
dc.contributor.authorCastella, J.C.
dc.contributor.authorHeinimann, A.
dc.contributor.authorMesserli, P.
dc.contributor.authorPfund, J.L.
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-04T09:15:13Zen
dc.date.available2012-06-04T09:15:13Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/20828
dc.titleA landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a REDD+ perspectiveen
dcterms.abstractSwidden agriculture is often deemed responsible for deforestation and forest degradation in tropical regions, yet swidden landscapes are commonly not visible on land cover/use maps, making it difficult to prove this assertion. For a future REDDþ scheme, the correct identification of deforestation and forest degradation and linking these processes to land use is crucial. However, it is a key challenge to distinguish degradation and deforestation from temporal vegetation dynamics inherent to swiddening. In this article we present an approach for spatial delineation of swidden systems based on landscape mosaics. Furthermore we introduce a classification for change processes based on the change matrix of these landscape mosaics. Our approach is illustrated by a case study in Viengkham district in northern Laos. Over a 30-year time period the swidden landscapes have increased in extent and they have degraded, shifting from long cropefallow cycles to short cycles. From 2007 to 2009 degradation within the swidden system accounted for half of all the landscape mosaics change processes. Pioneering shifting cultivation did not prevail. The landscape mosaics approach could be used in a swidden compatible monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system of a future REDD framework.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHett, C., Castella, J.C., Heinimann, A., Messerli, P., Pfund, J.-L. 2012. A landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a REDD+ perspective. Applied Geography 2 (32) :608-618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.07.011en
dcterms.extentpp. 608-618
dcterms.issued2012-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevier
dcterms.subjectdeforestationen
dcterms.subjectredd-plusen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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