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R. Douglas Ramsey


R. Douglas Ramsey is a professor in the Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratories, and director of the Department of Wildland Resources, in the College of Natural Resources, Utah State University. He can be reached at doug.ramsey@usu.edu.


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Understanding Tropical Deforestation with Remote Sensing and GIS Modeling   July 30, 2008
By: Alexander J,Hernandez ,Pablo MartinezdeAnguita,R. Douglas Ramsey,Samuel Rivera

More than 60 percent of the primary forest of tropical ecosystems has already been lost, and government agencies are struggling to prevent further destruction. In Honduras, GIS techniques, lifestyle surveys, and satellite imagery of forested areas all helped to determine the variables that predict...more >>