Illegal activity, such as deforestation for illicit crops for cocaine production, has been inferred
as a cause of land change. Nonetheless, illicit activity is often overlooked or difficult to …

While mainstream academic literature over the past ten years has tended to identify
commercial and industrialized agriculture as the primary driver of deforestation, national …

Ecological conservation and restoration are global strategies for halting biodiversity loss and
ecosystem degradation. However, Infrastructure projects in Colombia have not yet fully …

The natural ecosystems' replacement by farmland and the consequent biodiversity damage
(BD) for agriculture are one of the principal concerns worldwide. The development of the life …

In this study, the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform was used to obtain and manipulate
data products derived from satellite images to quantify the forest cover changes in the …

Cocoa plantation is a major land-use system that influences the functional structure of the
forest landscape in Ghana. As a key driver of forest landscape dynamics, there is no …

Central America contains a rich diversity of freshwater habitats that support more than 600
species of freshwater fishes. However, despite several perceived threats to the integrity of …

Tropical dry forests (TDFs) support endemic biodiversity, and the livelihoods of millions of
people globally. Invasive species, such as Lantana camara, are a predominant cause of …

Tropical deforestation varies temporally and spatially which can inhibit the ability of existing
protected areas to stem forest loss. Identifying the spatial–temporal distribution of …

The urgency to preserve tropical forest remnants has encouraged the development of
remote sensing tools and techniques to monitor diverse forest attributes for management …