Abstract Purpose of Review As demand for food and fiber, but also for negative emissions,
brings most of the Earth's land surface under management, we aim to consolidate the …

Discussion on reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries began at the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the …

Forests play a vital role in maintaining the global carbon balance. However, globally, forest
ecosystems are increasingly threatened by climate change and deforestation in recent …

Carbon credits generated through jurisdictional-scale avoided deforestation projects require
accurate estimates of deforestation emission baselines, but there are serious challenges to …

Countries have pledged to different national and international environmental agreements,
most prominently the climate change mitigation targets of the Paris Agreement. Accounting …

Reversibility of soil carbon sinks is a major obstacle in assigning soil carbon sequestration
as negative emission technology and it is still unclear how a non-permanent CO 2 removal …

Remote sensing of forests is a powerful tool for monitoring the biodiversity of ecosystems,
maintaining general planning, and accounting for resources. Various sensors bring together …

National forest inventories (NFIs) are a reliable source for national forest measurements.
However, they are usually not developed for linking with remotely sensed (RS) biomass …

National-scale assessments of post-deforestation land-use are crucial for decreasing
deforestation and forest degradation-related emissions. In this research, we assess the …

Accurate assessment of aboveground biomass (AGB) in tropical forests, particularly within a
biodiversity hotspot, is vital for sustainable resource management and the preservation of …