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Analytical Approach to Deforestation Effect on Climate Change Using Metadata in Thailand |
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| Creator | 1. Kanchanit Kamolrattanakul 2. Kanita Tungkananuruk 3. Thitima Rungratanaubon 4. Chalisa Veesommai Sillberg |
| Title | Analytical Approach to Deforestation Effect on Climate Change Using Metadata in Thailand |
| Publisher | Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment |
| Publication Year | 2565 |
| Journal Title | EnvironmentAsia |
| Journal Vol. | 15 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 154-165 |
| Keyword | Forest loss, Human driving forces, Environmental and information analysis, Statistical process |
| URL Website | https://tshe.org/main/ea-journal-online |
| Website title | EnvironmentAsia Journal |
| ISSN | 1906-1714 |
| Abstract | One of the major environmental concerns is deforestation which is occurring in many parts of the world, particularly in developing countries. Deforestation is one of the largest sources of anthropogenic greenhouse emissions. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the causeand effects of deforestation on the environment and on climate change. This study examined the correlations between: 1) human driving forces and deforestation; and 2) deforestation and climatic effects. Metadata of Thailand's forests were collected and analyzed using Pearson's correlation (r) and simple linear regression analyses. The results showed that the cause of deforestation was related to population, gross domestic product, and agricultural land, with correlation coefficients of 0.792, 0.773, and 0.724, respectively, that were statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Forest area had a significant inverse relationship with temperature (r = -0.575). Furthermore, the results indicated that decreasing the forest area by 1 hectare was related to agricultural land expansion of 38.5 hectares or a gross domestic product increase of USD 3.69 million. Deforestation can be increased depending on population growth by 0.000016 hectares per person and its could be a crucial factor in climate change with an increase of 1?C in temperature for every 498,008 hectares of deforestation. |
