Forest loss during 2000–2019 in pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) habitats was driven by shifting agriculture

Abstract

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Description

DATA SHARING : Google Earth Engine code for the analyses are accessible through Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7091804 (Erazo Mera, Younes Cárdenas, Murray, 2022). All Sentinel-2 imagery is publicly available via Sentinel Hub: https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/sentinel-data-access or through Google Earth Engine.

Keywords

Upper Guinea Forest (UGF), Pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis), Conservation, Deforestation, Protected areas, Remote sensing, Sentinel-2 imagery, West Africa, SDG-15: Life on land

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG-15:Life on land

Citation

Erazo-Mera, E., Younes, N., Horwood, P.F. et al. 2024, 'Forest loss during 2000-2019 in pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) habitats was driven by shifting agriculture', Environmental Conservation, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 55-63, doi : 10.1017/S0376892923000310.