Qualifier Seminar by Mr Nugroho Christanto Dept. of Earth Systems Analysis, ITC Analyzing the driving factors of land degradation of a watershed in Java: integrating land use changes and weather variability

Java, the most populated island in Indonesia, experiences much environmental stress from its increasingly intensive agricultural use. Massive conversion from forest into cultivated land is a consequence of rising population. The need of food has forced the land conversion and expansion of agricultural land. Two driving factors have a direct effect on the land degradation [...]