Combining GIS and Expert Opinion to Model Landscapes for a Smallholder Forest Extension Program in Leyte, the Philippines

Jack Baynes; Pastor P Garcia; Faustino Villamayor; Melissa Gordon

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Combining GIS and Expert Opinion to Model Landscapes for a Smallholder Forest Extension Program in Leyte, the Philippines

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Combining GIS and Expert Opinion to Model Landscapes for a Smallholder Forest Extension Program in Leyte, the Philippines

Jack Baynes, Pastor P Garcia, Faustino Villamayor and Melissa Gordon

Annals of Tropical Research, Vol.29(1), pp.49-66

2007

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Abstract

Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences

digital elevation model

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

Leyte Island

forest extension programs

smallholder forestry

A Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to model datasets of Leyte Island, the Philippines, to identify land which was suitable for a forest extension program on the island. The datasets were modelled to provide maps of the distance of land from cities and towns, land which was a suitable elevation and slope for smallholder forestry and land of various soil types. An expert group was used to assign numeric site suitabilities to the soil types and maps of site suitability were used to assist the selection of municipalities for the provision of extension assistance to smallholders. Modelling of the datasets was facilitated by recent developments of the ArcGIS® suite of computer programs and derivation of elevation and slope was assisted by the availability of digital elevation models (DEM) produced by the Shuttle Radar Topography (SRTM) mission. The usefulness of GIS software as a decision support tool for small-scale forestry extension programs is discussed.

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Title: Combining GIS and Expert Opinion to Model Landscapes for a Smallholder Forest Extension Program in Leyte, the Philippines
Authors: Jack Baynes (Author) - University of Queensland
Pastor P Garcia (Author) - Leyte State University, Philippines
Faustino Villamayor (Author) - Leyte State University, Philippines
Melissa Gordon (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Annals of Tropical Research, Vol.29(1), pp.49-66
Publisher: Visayas State College of Agriculture
Date published: 2007
ISSN: 0116-0710
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449253602621
Output Type: Journal article

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