Meet the editors

Mohd Nazip Suratman is a Professor of forestry and the Head of the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. He holds a B Sc (Forestry) degree from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and an MSc degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, and specialised in forest resources

management. Currently, much of his research work is focused on forest modelling, applied remote sensing and biodiversity. Throughout his academic career, he has attained many national and international research grants and carried out a number of research projects that led to publications in leading journals, books and chapters in books. He is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation of Universti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. Contact: nazip@uitm.edu.my.

Zulkiflee Abd Latif is a Professor of geomatics (remote sensing & GIS) and the Head of Applied Remote Sensing and Geospatial Research Group, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor of Geomatics degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia and MSc degree of remote sensing & GIS from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He obtained his PhD from Lancaster University, United Kingdom (UK), and special-

ised in forestry remote sensing. He specialises in remote sensing, GIS and soft computing techniques in forestry, natural hazard, health and environmental problems. He has more than 20 years of teaching, research and industrial experience and has published over 100 research articles in high impact journals, proceedings, chapters in book and a book. Currently, he is the Fellow of Royal Institute of Surveyors, Malaysia (RISM). Contact: zulki721@uitm.edu.my.

Dr Gabriel de Oliveira has a background in geography from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) (Brazil) with an MSc and PhD in remote sensing from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (Brazil). He is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science at the University of Kansas (USA). His main research interests are: biosphere-atmosphere interactions,

spatial-temporal analysis, eddy covariance, remote sensing, terrestrial ecosystems, land use/land cover changes, grasslands, perennial agroecosystems, tropical forests and the Amazon region.

Dr Nathaniel A. Brunsell has a background in earth and planetary sciences from the University of New Mexico (USA) with a PhD in biometeorology from Utah State University (USA). Dr Brunsell is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science at the University of Kansas. He is a biometeorologist by training with extensive experience in land-atmosphere interactions, the impacts of land use/land cover change

Contents

**Section 1**

Development

**Preface III**

Deforestation Around the World **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 35**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 71**

Forest Degradation and its Issues in the Tropics **95**

**Chapter 6 97**

Introductory Chapter: Managing World's Forests for Sustainable

Forest Biodiversity and Deforestation in Bangladesh: The Latest Update

Colombian Forest Monitoring System: Assessing Deforestation in an

*by Edersson Cabrera, Gustavo Galindo, Jose González, Lina Vergara, Cristhian Forero, Alexander Cubillos, Javier Espejo, Juan Rubiano, Xavier Corredor, Leonardo Hurtado, Diana Vargas and Alvaro Duque*

Deforestation in India: Consequences and Sustainable Solutions

*by Rima Kumari, Ayan Banerjee, Rahul Kumar, Amit Kumar, Purabi Saikia* 

Forest Decline Under Progress in the Urban Forest of Seoul, Central Korea *by Chang Seok Lee, Songhie Jung, Bong Soon Lim, A Reum Kim, Chi Hong Lim* 

Prologue: Sustainable Development, Economic Growth and the Fate of

*by Gabriel de Oliveira, Nathaniel A. Brunsell, Yosio E. Shimabukuro* 

*by Mohd Nazip Suratman and Zulkiflee Abd Latif*

*by Ahm Ali Reza and Md. Kamrul Hasan*

Environmental Complex Country

*and Mohammed Latif Khan*

*and Hansol Lee*

Tropical Forests

*and Carlos A.C. dos Santos*

**Section 2**

on water and carbon cycling and the role of spatial and temporal heterogeneity on influencing these exchange processes.

Dr Yosio E. Shimabukuro has a background in forest engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) with a PhD in forest sciences/remote sensing from Colorado State University (USA). He is currently a Senior Scientist at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (Brazil). His main research interests are: linear mixing model, Landsat images, shade fraction image, reforested areas, mathematical modelling

and the carbon balance in Amazon forests.

Dr Carlos A. C. dos Santos has a background in physics from the Paraiba State University (UEPB) (Brazil) with an MSc and PhD in meteorology from the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) (Brazil) in partnership with the Utah State University (USA). He is an Associate Professor at Department of Atmospheric Sciences, UFCG, Brazil. His research fields are: land-atmosphere interactions, climatology, micrometeorology, radiation

and application of remote sensing algorithms in agricultural and forest areas.
