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Land and Soil Health Assessment in the Borneo-Sumatra Sentinel Landscape

The LDSF was carried out at four-100 km2 sites within the Borneo-Sumatra Sentinel Landscape: Soralangun Sarolangun (SRG) and Merangin in Sumatra lead by ICRAF and Mentebah and Batang Lupar in Kalimantan (Borneo) led by CIFOR. The LDSF is a spatially stratified, randomized sampling design, developed to provide a biophysical baseline at landscape level and a monitoring and evaluation framework for assessing processes of land degradation and effectiveness of rehabilitation measures over time. Measured variables include: land cover, tree and shrub densities, tree biodiversity, erosion prevalence, infiltration capacity, along with an assessment of impact to habitat and occurrence of soil conservation structures. Soil samples were also collected (320 top (0-20 cm) and sub (20-50 cm) soil samples per site) and were processed and in Indonesia. Processed samples were shipped to Nairobi and subjected to infrared spectroscopy and wet chemistry analysis. These combined data sets will be used to assess soil and ecosystem health for the landscape in more detail.

Dataset's Files

0.Disclaimer.pdf
MD5: 46ac594e688ae98d0b0828ceb42fbdcc


1. ldsfFieldGuide_2013_v4.pdf
MD5: 3e9e3699f524026f9d0efb7cabdc34ae

The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF) is designed to provide a biophysical baseline at landscape level, and a monitoring and evaluation framework for assessing processes of land degradation and the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures (recovery) over time. This field guide describes the LDSF field survey methods and is designed to be used in both training and as a reference in field, during survey campaigns.


2. BatangLupar_ldsfraw for dataverse.tab
MD5: 27b680fc0dc94305066d282d40bc746b

Raw LDSF data for Batang Lupar site.


2. Mentebahldsfraw_fordataverse.csv
MD5: 2db62a6e228f2729b7743d822c2e6e07

Raw LDSF data for Mentebah site.


2. Merangin_ldsfraw for dataverse.csv
MD5: 5d3d69506afdf37ffaa74ab02e7a6eaa

Raw LDSF data for Merangin site.


Terms of use
This dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY-4.0). The license allows you, the user, to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and/or transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
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Authors

Laumonier, Yves; Kharisma, Selly; Khasanah, Ni’matul; Afdholullail, Akhmad Luthfi; Widayati, Atiek; Winowiecki, Leigh; Vagen, Tor-Gunnar

Keywords

landscape, environmental degradation, soil degradation, biodiversity, remote sensing, soil science, indonesia, tree biodiversity, land and soil health, spatial modeling, biophysical assessments, surveys, soil

Publisher

Borneo - Sumatra Sentinel Landscape

Publication date

29 Jul 2016

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/9O6DDC

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