Deforestation as the prominent driver of the intensifying wildfire in Cambodia, revealed through geospatial analysis

• Main Authors: Sim, Min-Sung, Wee, Shi Jun, Alcantara, Enner, Park, Edward
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Geography; Cambodia; Wildfire
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171754
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cambodia has the most fires per area in Southeast Asia, with fire activity have significantly increased since the early 2000s. Wildfire occurrences are multi-factorial in nature, and isolating the relative contribution of each driver remains a challenge. In this study, we quantify the relative impor...