Tropical forests represent half of the Earth's remaining forest area, but they are shrinking at high rates, which poses a threat to their multiple ecosystem services. As a response, international environmental agreements and related programs require information about tropical forested landscapes. Despite the increasing quantity and quality of remote sensing-based data, the effective monitoring of forests in the tropics still faces operational challenges: (a) applicability at local levels, with lack of reference or cloud-free information; (b) overcoming geographical, ecological, or biophysical variability; (c): stratification, distinguishing forest categories related to functionality and disturbance history.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.112997Altmetric score:
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Publication year
2022
Authors
Ferrer Velasco, R.; Lippe, M.; Tamayo, F.; Mfuni, T.; Sales-Come, R.; Mangabat, C.; Schneider, T.; Günter, S.
Language
English
Keywords
tropical forests, monitoring, mapping, satellite imagery, deforestation, landscape conservation, forest rehabilitation
Geographic
Zambia, Ecuador, Philippines
