Towards the use of satellite-based tropical forest disturbance alerts to assess selective logging intensities

Towards the use of satellite-based tropical forest disturbance alerts to assess selective logging intensities

Illegal logging is an important driver of tropical forest loss. A wide range of organizations and interested parties wish to track selective logging activities and verify logging intensities as reported by timber companies. Recently, free availability of 10 m scale optical and radar Sentinel data ha...

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Main Authors: Anne-Juul Welsink, Johannes Reiche, Veronique de Sy, Sarah Carter, Bart Slagter, Daniela Requena Suarez, Ben Batros, Marielos Peña-Claros, Martin Herold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
selective logging
logging intensities
concessions
illegality
satellite remote sensing
forest disturbance alerts
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd018

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd018

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