Anthropogenic impacts on forest land use and land cover change: modelling future possibilities in the Himalayan Terai

S Deb, MK Debnath, S Chakraborty, DC Weindorf… - Anthropocene, 2018 - Elsevier
The northern part of West Bengal, India partially falls within the Terai region of Himalaya.
This region is distinctive in terms of high forest cover and rich biodiversity, but also features …

Long-term land use and land cover changes (1920–2015) in Eastern Ghats, India: Pattern of dynamics and challenges in plant species conservation

RM Ramachandran, PS Roy, V Chakravarthi… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural resources are experiencing unprecedented pressures due to land use and land
cover (LULC) changes. Such changes in LULC have significantly affected the extent and …

Land use and land cover change analysis for Kosi River wildlife corridor in Terai Arc Landscape of Northern India: Implications for future management.

G Areendran, KR Krishna Raj, SM Sraboni Mazumdar… - 2017 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This study is an attempt to characterize spatial and temporal patterns of land use land cover
(LULC) changes, rate of deforestation, and develop future scenarios for Kosi River wildlife …

[PDF][PDF] Spatio-temporal analysis of land cover changes in the evergreen and semi-evergreen rainforests: A case study in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

M Mamnun, S Hossen - International Journal of Forestry, Ecology …, 2020 - journalbinet.com
The main purpose of this study is to describe the spatio-temporal analysis of land use and
land cover status and to identify land cover changes, especially of deforestation and …

Assessment and monitoring of long-term forest cover changes (1920–2013) in Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot

CS Reddy, CS Jha, VK Dadhwal - Journal of Earth System Science, 2016 - Springer
Western Ghats are considered as one of the global biodiversity hotspots. There is an
information gap on conservation status of the biodiversity hotspots. This study has quantified …

Modeling spatio-temporal change patterns of forest cover: a case study from the Himalayan foothills (India)

M Munsi, G Areendran, PK Joshi - Regional environmental change, 2012 - Springer
The present study used temporal remote sensing data for 1990, 2001 and 2006 to assess
spatio-temporal patterns of forest cover changes in Shiwalik range of the Himalaya …

Modelling spatial and temporal forest cover change patterns (1973-2020): A case study from South Western Ghats (India)

A Giriraj, M Irfan-Ullah, MSR Murthy, C Beierkuhnlein - Sensors, 2008 - mdpi.com
This study used time series remote sensing data from 1973, 1990 and 2004 to assess
spatial forest cover change patterns in the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) …

Tea plantations as a driving force of long-term land use and population changes in the Eastern Himalayan piedmont

P Prokop - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Reconstructing the long-term impacts of tea plantations on land use and cover (LULC)
change over time is important for making policy decisions on management and …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamics of land use land cover change and mapping of tree outside forest (TOF) in Terai, Nepal

Y Yadav, BBK Chhetri, S Raymajhi… - International Journal …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Due to natural phenomena and various anthropogenic activities, rapid land-use/land-cover
(LULC) is happening in the earth. The aim of this study was to evaluate and understand …

Quantifying the landscape changes within and outside the Dachigam National Park, Kashmir Himalaya, India using observations and models

S Aneaus, I Rashid, PK Srivastava… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2023 - Springer
Protected areas are the cornerstone of biodiversity and serve as a haven for biodiversity
conservation. However, due to immense anthropic pressures and ongoing changes in …