Remote sensing in forestry: current challenges, considerations and directions

FE Fassnacht, JC White, MA Wulder… - … An International Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Remote sensing has developed into an omnipresent technology in the scientific field of
forestry and is also increasingly used in an operational fashion. However, the pace and level …

Seeing the system from above: the use and potential of remote sensing for studying ecosystem dynamics

C Senf - Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
Remote sensing techniques are increasingly used for studying ecosystem dynamics,
delivering spatially explicit information on the properties of Earth over large spatial and multi …

Significant increase in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950

M Patacca, M Lindner, ME Lucas‐Borja… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, the natural disturbance is increasingly putting pressure on European
forests. Shifts in disturbance regimes may compromise forest functioning and the continuous …

The global 2000-2020 land cover and land use change dataset derived from the Landsat archive: first results

P Potapov, MC Hansen, A Pickens… - Frontiers in Remote …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in Landsat archive data processing and characterization enhanced our
capacity to map land cover and land use globally with higher precision, temporal frequency …

[PDF][PDF] Agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU)

GJ Nabuurs, R Mrabet, AA Hatab… - Climate Change 2022 …, 2023 - library.wur.nl
Executive Summary The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use1 (AFOLU) sector
encompasses managed ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while …

Asymmetric influence of forest cover gain and loss on land surface temperature

Y Su, C Zhang, P Ciais, Z Zeng, A Cescatti… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
The direct biophysical effects of fine-scale tree cover changes on temperature are not well
understood. Here, we show how land surface temperature responds to subgrid gross tree …

Substantial and increasing global losses of timber-producing forest due to wildfires

CG Bousfield, DB Lindenmayer, DP Edwards - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
One-third of global forest is harvested for timber, generating~ US $1.5 trillion annually. High-
severity wildfires threaten this timber production. Here we combine global maps of logging …

Doubling of annual forest carbon loss over the tropics during the early twenty-first century

Y Feng, Z Zeng, TD Searchinger, AD Ziegler, J Wu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Previous estimates of tropical forest carbon loss in the twenty-first century using satellite data
typically focus on its magnitude, whereas regional loss trajectories and associated drivers …

Storm and fire disturbances in Europe: Distribution and trends

C Senf, R Seidl - Global Change Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abiotic forest disturbances are an important driver of ecosystem dynamics. In Europe, storms
and fires have been identified as the most important abiotic disturbances in the recent past …

The role of forests in the EU climate policy: are we on the right track?

A Korosuo, R Pilli, R Abad Viñas, VNB Blujdea… - Carbon balance and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The European Union (EU) has committed to achieve climate neutrality
by 2050. This requires a rapid reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and ensuring …