Medium- (MR) and Very-High-Resolution (VHR) Image Integration through Collect Earth for Monitoring Forests and Land-Use Changes: Global Forest Survey (GFS) in the Temperate FAO Ecozone in Europe (2000–2015)

Monitoring of land use, land-use changes, and forestry (LULUCF) plays a crucial role in biodiversity and global environmental challenges. In 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Global Forest Survey (GFS) integrating medium- (MR) and very-high-resoluti...

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Autores principales: Luis Gonzaga García-Montero, Cristina Pascual, Susana Martín-Fernández, Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz, Chiara Patriarca, Pablo Martín-Ortega, Danilo Mollicone
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:44d2f3cbc1ca4f78a12c0123edc2b22e2021-11-11T18:54:21ZMedium- (MR) and Very-High-Resolution (VHR) Image Integration through Collect Earth for Monitoring Forests and Land-Use Changes: Global Forest Survey (GFS) in the Temperate FAO Ecozone in Europe (2000–2015)10.3390/rs132143442072-4292https://doaj.org/article/44d2f3cbc1ca4f78a12c0123edc2b22e2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/21/4344https://doaj.org/toc/2072-4292Monitoring of land use, land-use changes, and forestry (LULUCF) plays a crucial role in biodiversity and global environmental challenges. In 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Global Forest Survey (GFS) integrating medium- (MR) and very-high-resolution (VHR) images through the FAO’s Collect Earth platform. More than 11,150 plots were inventoried in the Temperate FAO ecozone in Europe to monitor LULUCF from 2000 to 2015. As a result, 2.19% (VHR) to 2.77% (MR/VHR) of the study area underwent LULUCF, including a 0.37% (VHR) to 0.43% (MR/VHR) net increase in forest lands. Collect Earth and VHR images have also (i) allowed for shaping a preliminary structure of the land-use network, showing that cropland was the land type that changed most and that cropland and grassland were the more frequent land uses that generated new forest land, (ii) shown that, in 2015, mixed and monospecific forests represented 44.3% and 46.5% of the forest land, respectively, unlike other forest sources, and (iii) shown that 14.9% of the area had been affected by disturbances, particularly wood harvesting (67.47% of the disturbed forests). According to other authors, the area showed a strong correlation between canopy mortality and reported wood removals due to the transition from past clear-cut systems to “close-to-nature” silviculture.Luis Gonzaga García-MonteroCristina PascualSusana Martín-FernándezAlfonso Sanchez-Paus DíazChiara PatriarcaPablo Martín-OrtegaDanilo MolliconeMDPI AGarticleland-use change monitoringforest monitoringdisturbance monitoringtemperate FAO ecozoneCollect Earth platformGlobal Forest SurveyScienceQENRemote Sensing, Vol 13, Iss 4344, p 4344 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
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topic land-use change monitoring
forest monitoring
disturbance monitoring
temperate FAO ecozone
Collect Earth platform
Global Forest Survey
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spellingShingle land-use change monitoring
forest monitoring
disturbance monitoring
temperate FAO ecozone
Collect Earth platform
Global Forest Survey
Science
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Luis Gonzaga García-Montero
Cristina Pascual
Susana Martín-Fernández
Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz
Chiara Patriarca
Pablo Martín-Ortega
Danilo Mollicone
Medium- (MR) and Very-High-Resolution (VHR) Image Integration through Collect Earth for Monitoring Forests and Land-Use Changes: Global Forest Survey (GFS) in the Temperate FAO Ecozone in Europe (2000–2015)
description Monitoring of land use, land-use changes, and forestry (LULUCF) plays a crucial role in biodiversity and global environmental challenges. In 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Global Forest Survey (GFS) integrating medium- (MR) and very-high-resolution (VHR) images through the FAO’s Collect Earth platform. More than 11,150 plots were inventoried in the Temperate FAO ecozone in Europe to monitor LULUCF from 2000 to 2015. As a result, 2.19% (VHR) to 2.77% (MR/VHR) of the study area underwent LULUCF, including a 0.37% (VHR) to 0.43% (MR/VHR) net increase in forest lands. Collect Earth and VHR images have also (i) allowed for shaping a preliminary structure of the land-use network, showing that cropland was the land type that changed most and that cropland and grassland were the more frequent land uses that generated new forest land, (ii) shown that, in 2015, mixed and monospecific forests represented 44.3% and 46.5% of the forest land, respectively, unlike other forest sources, and (iii) shown that 14.9% of the area had been affected by disturbances, particularly wood harvesting (67.47% of the disturbed forests). According to other authors, the area showed a strong correlation between canopy mortality and reported wood removals due to the transition from past clear-cut systems to “close-to-nature” silviculture.
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author Luis Gonzaga García-Montero
Cristina Pascual
Susana Martín-Fernández
Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz
Chiara Patriarca
Pablo Martín-Ortega
Danilo Mollicone
author_facet Luis Gonzaga García-Montero
Cristina Pascual
Susana Martín-Fernández
Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz
Chiara Patriarca
Pablo Martín-Ortega
Danilo Mollicone
author_sort Luis Gonzaga García-Montero
title Medium- (MR) and Very-High-Resolution (VHR) Image Integration through Collect Earth for Monitoring Forests and Land-Use Changes: Global Forest Survey (GFS) in the Temperate FAO Ecozone in Europe (2000–2015)
title_short Medium- (MR) and Very-High-Resolution (VHR) Image Integration through Collect Earth for Monitoring Forests and Land-Use Changes: Global Forest Survey (GFS) in the Temperate FAO Ecozone in Europe (2000–2015)
title_full Medium- (MR) and Very-High-Resolution (VHR) Image Integration through Collect Earth for Monitoring Forests and Land-Use Changes: Global Forest Survey (GFS) in the Temperate FAO Ecozone in Europe (2000–2015)
title_fullStr Medium- (MR) and Very-High-Resolution (VHR) Image Integration through Collect Earth for Monitoring Forests and Land-Use Changes: Global Forest Survey (GFS) in the Temperate FAO Ecozone in Europe (2000–2015)
title_full_unstemmed Medium- (MR) and Very-High-Resolution (VHR) Image Integration through Collect Earth for Monitoring Forests and Land-Use Changes: Global Forest Survey (GFS) in the Temperate FAO Ecozone in Europe (2000–2015)
title_sort medium- (mr) and very-high-resolution (vhr) image integration through collect earth for monitoring forests and land-use changes: global forest survey (gfs) in the temperate fao ecozone in europe (2000–2015)
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/44d2f3cbc1ca4f78a12c0123edc2b22e
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