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Old-growth forest disturbance in the Ukrainian Carpathians

dc.contributor.authorSpracklen, B.D.
dc.contributor.authorSpracklen, D.V.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-23T18:58:20Z
dc.date.available2022-01-23T18:58:20Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/1055
dc.titleOld-growth forest disturbance in the Ukrainian Carpathiansen
dcterms.abstractHuman activity has greatly reduced the area of old-growth forest in Europe, with some of the largest remaining fragments in the Carpathian Mountains of south-western Ukraine. We used satellite image analysis to calculate old-growth forest disturbance in this region from 2010 to 2019. Over this period, we identified 1335 ha of disturbance in old-growth forest, equivalent to 1.8% of old-growth forest in the region. During 2015 to 2019, the average annual disturbance rate was 0.34%, varying with altitude, distance to settlements and location within the region. Disturbance rates were 7–8 times lower in protected areas compared to outside of protected areas. Only one third of old-growth forest is currently within protected areas; expansion of the protected area system to include more old-growth forests would reduce future loss. A 2017 law that gave protection to all old-growth forest in Ukraine had no significant impact on disturbance rates in 2018, but in 2019 disturbance rates reduced to 0.19%. Our analysis is the first indication that this new legislation may be reducing loss of old-growth forest in Ukraine.en
dcterms.accessRightsPublic
dcterms.accessRightsOpen access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSpracklen, B.D. and Spracklen, D.V., 2020. Old-Growth forest disturbance in the Ukrainian carpathians. Forests, 11(2), p.151.en
dcterms.issued2020
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
is.availability.fullTextFull text available
is.contributor.funderTypePrivate funds (NGOs, companies, VSS self-funded etc)
is.coverage.countryUkraine
is.coverage.geographicLevelSite
is.coverage.latitude48.379433
is.coverage.longitude31.16558
is.coverage.regionAsia
is.evaluation.collectionMapping e.g. remote sensing
is.evaluation.collectionSurveys with Certified Entities
is.evaluation.dataSourceGeospatial data layers
is.evidenceSubTypeEmpirical study - no control, data collected before and after intervention
is.evidenceTypeEmpirical study
is.focus.productsOther forestry and logging
is.focus.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
is.focus.sectorsAgriculture
is.focus.sectorsForestry
is.focus.sustainDimensionEnvironmental
is.focus.sustainIssueForests and other ecosystems
is.focus.sustainLensEcosystem
is.focus.sustainLensLandscape Approaches
is.focus.sustainOutcomeDeforestation and forest protection
is.focus.systemElementMandE outcomes and impacts
is.focus.systemElementMandE performance monitoring
is.identifier.codeImpacts
is.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/f11020151
is.identifier.fscdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international707
is.identifier.schemeTypeVoluntary Sustainability Standards
is.item.reviewStatusPeer reviewed
is.journalNameForests
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