DEFORESTATION AND REGROWTH PHENOLOGY IN MIOMBO WOODLAND - ASSESSED BYLANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER SYSTEM DATA

Monitoring of large scale deforestation in miombo woodland is possible with Landsat Multispectral Scanner System (MSS) data. It is possible to assess conversion of miombo woodland into cleared and regrowth area s after the first year of fallow. By change detection, this result add s to the understanding of the deforestation versus regrowth rate, as w ell as degradation of virgin miombo woodland when exposed to intensive agricultural use.