Forest Loss and Susceptible Area Prediction at Sefwi Wiawso District (SWD), Ghana

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Land cover category</td><td class="align_center">Characteristics</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Close forest</td><td class="align_center">Light penetration forest floor &lt;25% (&gt;75% canopy cover)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Open forest</td><td class="align_center">Light penetration forest floor &gt;25% (&lt;75% canopy cover)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Farmland</td><td class="align_center">Commercial and subsistence agricultural land cover</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grassland</td><td class="align_center">Open forest area replaced by dry or wet grass cover</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bareland</td><td class="align_center">Settlement/cleared area with no forest regeneration ability</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Definitions of land cover categories [<a href="/journals/ijfr/2020/8894639/#B29" target="_blank">29</a>, <a href="/journals/ijfr/2020/8894639/#B30" target="_blank">30</a>].</div>

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Table 2: Forest Loss and Susceptible Area Prediction at Sefwi Wiawso District (SWD), Ghana 