Detecting and predicting forest degradation: A comparison of ground surveys and remote sensing in Tanzanian forests

Detecting and predicting forest degradation: A comparison of ground surveys and remote sensing in Tanzanian forests

Societal Impact Statement Large areas of tropical forest are degraded. While global tree cover is being mapped with increasing accuracy from space, much less is known about the quality of that tree cover. Here we present a field protocol for rapid assessments of forest condition. Using extensive fie...

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Main Authors: Antje Ahrends, Mark T. Bulling, Philip J. Platts, Ruth Swetnam, Casey Ryan, Nike Doggart, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Robert Marchant, Andrew Balmford, David J. Harris, Nicole Gross‐Camp, Peter Sumbi, Pantaleo Munishi, Seif Madoffe, Boniface Mhoro, Charles Leonard, Claire Bracebridge, Kathryn Doody, Victoria Wilkins, Nisha Owen, Andrew R. Marshall, Marije Schaafsma, Kerstin Pfliegner, Trevor Jones, James Robinson, Elmer Topp‐Jørgensen, Henry Brink, Neil D. Burgess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-05-01
Series:Plants, People, Planet
Subjects:
biodiversity conservation
carbon emissions
community‐based forest management
East Africa
global forest watch
human disturbance
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10189

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