中央アフリカにおける工業伐採の拡大
Nadine T Laporte1, Jared A Stabach, Robert Grosch
1Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA. nlaporte@whrc.org
まとめ
産業用伐採は,中央アフリカにおける主要な土地利用であり,広範囲の道路網によって著しく拡大しています. この研究は,伐採道路を定量化し,コンゴ民主共和国における新たな拡大の境界を特定しています.
科学分野:
- 林業科学 林業科学とは
- リモートセンシングによる遠隔感知
- 保護生物学とは,自然保護の生物学です.
背景:
- 産業用伐採は,中央アフリカで支配的な土地利用であり,60万平方キロメートル以上の森林に影響を与えています.
- 森林の譲渡は地域の30%を占め,木材採掘活動の規模を強調しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 中央アフリカの森林における伐採道路の範囲と密度を定量化するために.
- 伐採拡大の新たな境界を特定し,その影響を評価する.
- 選択的にログインされた領域内の干渉パターンを分析する.
主な方法:
- 1976年から2003年までの衛星画像のタイムシリーズを利用した.
- 研究期間中に建設された新しい伐採道路の51,916 kmを測定しました.
- 森林地帯と特定の国における道路密度の計算.
主要な成果:
- 1976年から2003年の間に,合計51,916キロメートルの新しい伐採道路が特定されました.
- 道路の平均密度は0.03 km/sq kmで,より高い密度 (0.09 km/sq km以上) はガボンと赤道ギニアにある.
- コンゴ民主共和国は,この地域の残りの森林の63%を占める新しい伐採拡大の境界線を示しています.
- 木の伐採と滑り道が伐採された地域での干渉を大幅に増加させた.
結論:
- 産業用伐採は,中央アフリカの森林を横断する大規模な道路開発につながりました.
- コンゴ民主共和国は,将来の伐採拡大と森林保全のための重要な地域である.
- 伐採活動により,道路の建設だけでなく,森林の破壊が大きく引き起こされます.
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