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DOI	10.3390/rs13204093
	Forest Cover and Sustainable Development in the Lumbini Province, Nepal: Past, Present and Future
	Rimal, Bhagawat; Keshtkar, Hamidreza; Stork, Nigel; Rijal, Sushila
通讯作者	Rimal, B (corresponding author)，Tribhuvan Univ, Coll Appl Sci, CAS Nepal, Kathmandu 44613, Nepal.
来源期刊	REMOTE SENSING
EISSN	2072-4292
出版年	2021
卷号	13 期号:20
英文摘要	The analysis of forest cover change at different scales is an increasingly important research topic in environmental studies. Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is an integrated approach to manage and restore forests across various landscapes and environments. Such restoration helps to meet the targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-15, as outlined in the UN Environment's sixth Global Outlook, which includes the sustainable management of forests, the control of desertification, reducing degradation, biodiversity loss, and the conservation of mountain ecosystems. Here, we have used time series Landsat images from 1996 to 2016 to see how land use, and in particular forest cover, have changed between 1996 and 2016 in the Lumbini Province of Nepal. In addition, we simulated projections of land cover (LC) and forest cover change for the years 2026 and 2036 using a hybrid cellular automata Markov chain (CA-Markov) model. We found that the overall forest area increased by 199 km(2) (2.1%), from a 9491 km(2) (49.3%) area in 1996 to 9691 km(2) (50.3%) area in 2016. Our modeling suggests that forest area will increase by 81 km(2) (9691 to 9772 km(2)) in 2026 and by 195 km(2) (9772 km(2) to 9966 km(2)) in 2036. They are policy, planning, management factors and further strategies to aid forest regeneration. Clear legal frameworks and coherent policies are required to support sustainable forest management programs. This research may support the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the land degradation neutral world (LDN), and the UN decade 2021-2031 for ecosystem restoration.
英文关键词	land cover (LC) change forest management forest restoration Lumbini Province Nepal
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000747045700001
WOS关键词	LAND-COVER ; URBAN-GROWTH ; METROPOLITAN-AREA ; RESTORING FORESTS ; LANDSCAPE ; MANAGEMENT ; IMPACTS ; SUCCESS ; CLIMATE ; IMAGERY
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Remote Sensing ; Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology ; Remote Sensing ; Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/375901
作者单位	[Rimal, Bhagawat] Tribhuvan Univ, Coll Appl Sci, CAS Nepal, Kathmandu 44613, Nepal; [Keshtkar, Hamidreza] Univ Tehran, Fac Nat Resources, Dept Arid & Mt Reg Reclamat, Karaj 3158777871, Iran; [Stork, Nigel] Griffith Univ, Ctr Planetary Hlth & Food Secur, Griffith Sch Environm & Sci, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia; [Rijal, Sushila] Prince Songkla Univ, Dept Environm Management, Hat Yai 90112, Thailand
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rimal, Bhagawat,Keshtkar, Hamidreza,Stork, Nigel,et al. Forest Cover and Sustainable Development in the Lumbini Province, Nepal: Past, Present and Future[J],2021,13(20).
APA	Rimal, Bhagawat,Keshtkar, Hamidreza,Stork, Nigel,&Rijal, Sushila.(2021).Forest Cover and Sustainable Development in the Lumbini Province, Nepal: Past, Present and Future.REMOTE SENSING,13(20).
MLA	Rimal, Bhagawat,et al."Forest Cover and Sustainable Development in the Lumbini Province, Nepal: Past, Present and Future".REMOTE SENSING 13.20(2021).