Post‐socialist cropland changes and abandonment in Mongolia

• Published in: Land degradation & development Vol. 29; no. 9; pp. 2808 - 2821
• Main Authors: Sankey, Temuulen Tsagaan, Massey, Richard, Yadav, Kamini, Congalton, Russell G., Tilton, James C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Abandonment; Agricultural economics; Agricultural land; Agricultural production; Biodiversity; Cloud computing; Crop fields; Crop production; cropland abandonment; cropland extent; Crops; decadal‐scale change; Desertification; Food supply; Google Earth Engine; Land degradation; Land resources; Land use; Landsat; Landsat satellites; Rangelands; Remote sensing; Restoration strategies; Satellite imagery; Satellites; Soil erosion; Species diversity; Mongolia

Large‐scale cropland changes have significant implications for global and national food supply as well as degradation in land resources. We examined cropland dynamics at the national scale in Mongolia over the last three decades using Google Earth Engine cloud computing and 11,360 Landsat satellite...