Tropical forest monitoring and remote sensing
A new era of transparency in forest governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas O Fuller (University of Miami, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-29 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2006.00237.x |
| OpenAlex | W2085424485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 55 |
The extent of tropical deforestation is now being tracked by actors in the nongovernmental, academic, private and government sectors using several different sources of satellite imagery. This paper presents an overview of the satellite systems that can be used for operational forest monitoring in the tropics and examines some recent trends in their use. It also reviews various satellite‐based studies to map moist tropical forests and draws upon lessons learned from land cover mapping projects in several countries and regions. The case of Indonesia, examined as a nation undergoing rapid conversion of forest to other land uses, is contrasted with Brazil where satellite‐based deforestation monitoring is fully operational. In Indonesia, the paper argues, the creation of a national monitoring system for tropical forest conversion is needed to create a source of transparent, reliable information on forest cover and condition. Such a system is likely to succeed if based on multitemporal, moderate‐resolution optical data such as imagery provided by MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer). When MODIS images are complemented by radar and fine‐resolution imagery from sensors such as IKONOS and QuickBird, areas of abrupt change can be identified and the causes potentially discerned. Thus, satellite imagery at multiple temporal and spatial resolutions can effectively increase transparency in the forestry sector by revealing the rate and extent of deforestation on an annual basis and identifying potential areas of illegal logging
Deforestation (computer science) · Environmental resource management · Geography · Illegal logging · Land cover · Land use · Logging · Remote sensing · Satellite · Satellite imagery · Transparency (behavior) · Tropics · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Forestry · Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Household Land Management and Biodiversity
The materiality of data transparency and the (re)configuration of environmental activism in the Brazilian Amazon
Monitoring and estimating tropical forest carbon stocks
Remotely sensed forest cover loss shows high spatial and temporal variation across Sumatera and Kalimantan, Indonesia 2000–2008
Implementation of Redd+ in sub-Saharan Africa
Monitoring Forest Change in the Amazon Using Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning Classification on Google Earth Engine
Polycentric governance of multifunctional forested landscapes
Monitoring systems to improve forest conditions
Preventing illegal logging
The effectiveness of protected areas in the context of decentralization
Free satellite imagery and digital elevation model analyses enabling natural resource management in the developing world
On the Pragmatics of Inscription
Identifying landslide activity as a function of economic development
The Relative Importance of Socioeconomic and Environmental Variables in Explaining Land Change in Bolivia, 2001–2010
La Géomatique, Outil de Surveillance de L'Orpaillage Clandestin en Guyane Française
Development of a global land cover characteristics database and IGBP Discover from 1 km AVHRR data
Increased damage from fires in logged forests during droughts caused by El Niño
Global land cover classification at 1 km spatial resolution using a classification tree approach
Determination of Deforestation Rates of the World's Humid Tropical Forests
Lowland Forest Loss in Protected Areas of Indonesian Borneo
Fire science for rainforests
Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
Proximate Causes and Underlying Driving Forces of Tropical Deforestation
Impacts of land use and fire on the loss and degradation of lowland forest in 1983–2000 in East Kutai District, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Utility of Landsat 7 satellite data for continued monitoring of forest cover change in protected areas in Southeast Asia
The Retreat of the Forest in Southeast Asia
Satellite imagery activism
Reinforcing economic incentives for carbon credits for forests
The political use of Philippine forestry statistics in the postwar period
Reframing Deforestation
Paths of Destruction and Regeneration
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2021 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |