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National satellite-based humid tropical forest change assessment in Peru in support of REDD+ implementation [1]

Transparent, consistent, and accurate national forest monitoring is required for successful implementation of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) programs. Collecting baseline information on forest extent and rates of forest loss is a first step for national forest monitoring in support of REDD+. Peru, with the second largest extent of Amazon basin rainforest, has made significant progress in advancing its forest monitoring capabilities. We present a national-scale humid tropical forest cover loss map derived by the Ministry of Environment REDD+ team in Peru. The map quantifies forest loss from 2000 to 2011 within the Peruvian portion of the Amazon basin using a rapid, semi-automated approach. The available archive of Landsat imagery (11 654 scenes) was processed and employed for change detection to obtain annual gross forest cover loss maps.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2014
P V Potapov [2], J Dempewolf [3], Y Talero & et al [4]
Environmental Research Letters [5]
Tags:
Tropical Forests [6], Peru [7], Remote Sensing [8], REDD [9], Amazon [10], Deforestation [11], UNFCCC [12], Climate Change [13], IPCC [14], Statistics [15]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/national-satellite-based-humid-tropical-forest-change-assessment-peru-support-redd

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/p-v-potapov
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-dempewolf
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/y-talero-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-research-letters
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-forests
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peru
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/redd
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unfccc
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ipcc
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics