@article{fdi:010054320,
  title = {{A} landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a {REDD} plus perspective},
  author = {{H}ett, {C}. and {C}astella, {J}ean-{C}hristophe and {H}einimann, {A}. and {M}esserli, {P}. and {P}fund, {J}.{L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}widden agriculture is often deemed responsible for deforestation and forest degradation in tropical regions, yet swidden landscapes are commonly not visible on land cover/use maps, making it difficult to prove this assertion. {F}or a future {REDD}+ scheme, the correct identification of deforestation and forest degradation and linking these processes to land use is crucial. {H}owever, it is a key challenge to distinguish degradation and deforestation from temporal vegetation dynamics inherent to swiddening. {I}n this article we present an approach for spatial delineation of swidden systems based on landscape mosaics. {F}urthermore we introduce a classification for change processes based on the change matrix of these landscape mosaics. {O}ur approach is illustrated by a case study in {V}iengkham district in northern {L}aos. {O}ver a 30-year time period the swidden landscapes have increased in extent and they have degraded, shifting from long crop fallow cycles to short cycles. {F}rom 2007 to 2009 degradation within the swidden system accounted for half of all the landscape mosaics change processes. {P}ioneering shifting cultivation did not prevail. {T}he landscape mosaics approach could be used in a swidden compatible monitoring, reporting and verification ({MRV}) system of a future {REDD}+ framework.},
  keywords = {{AGROFORESTERIE} ; {PRATIQUE} {CULTURALE} ; {BRULIS} ; {AGRICULTURE} {TRADITIONNELLE} ; {DEFORESTATION} ; {FORET} ; {DEGRADATION} ; {GEOGRAPHIE} {SPATIALE} ; {UTILISATION} {DU} {SOL} ; {OCCUPATION} {SPATIALE} ; {PAYSAGE} ; {CARTOGRAPHIE} ; {SYSTEME} {D}'{INFORMATION} {GEOGRAPHIQUE} ; {CLASSIFICATION} ; {ANALYSE} {DIACHRONIQUE} ; {S}widden agriculture ; {L}andscape mosaics ; {D}eforestation ; {L}ao {PDR} ; {REDD} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE} ; {LAOS} ; {VIENGKHAM}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}pplied {G}eography},
  volume = {32},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {608--618},
  ISSN = {0143-6228},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.07.011},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010054320},
}