Drivers of deforestation and Forest degradation in nghe an Province under the context of Climate action: case study in the Two communes of con cuong and Thanh chuong districts

• Main Author: Do, Thi Nhinh
• Other Authors: Ha, Quy Quynh
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biến đổi khí hậu; Rừng > Khía cạnh môi trường; Nghệ An; Khí hậu; 363.73874
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/99972
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Evidence-based findings about the rates of deforestation and the hotspots of forest chopped down in the last 20 years in a particular location ofVietnam. This can be attained by using Geographical Information System (GIS) to analyze yearly satellite images of forest cover; Identification of drivers, both direct and underlying, of deforestation and forest degradation in the research site. This can be achieved by field visit to the visible changes indicated from the satellite images analysis mentioned above. People interviewing/household survey and data collection would be carried out for analysis; Estimated changes in natural habitat of Saola, a critically endangered animal species, in Nghệ An province in 2020, 2050 and 2080 in the context of recent and future climate change by applying GIS and bioclimate modeling. Main tasks of the exercise include: Calculate the deforestation rates in Nghệ An at provincial, district and commune levels, and then work out the hotspots of deforestation in the province;Collect socio-economic data in the two communes, the first commune is with the least forest cover change s and the second one with greatest tree canopy loss (so-called a hotspot) of forest depletion to compare and analyze the causes of forest depletion in the research sites