Quantifying forest biomass carbon stocks from space

P Rodríguez-Veiga, J Wheeler, V Louis, K Tansey… - Current Forestry …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review presents cutting-edge methods and current and
forthcoming satellite remote sensing technologies to map aboveground biomass (AGB) …

Three global conditions for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: An implementation framework

H Locke, EC Ellis, O Venter, R Schuster… - National Science …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
'Nature and its vital contributions to people, which together embody biodiversity and
ecosystem functions and services, are deteriorating worldwide'[1]. The United Nations …

Land restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean: An overview of recent, ongoing and planned restoration initiatives and their potential for climate change …

E Romijn, R Coppus, V De Sy, M Herold… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Land degradation is a globally recognized problem and restoration of degraded land is
currently high on the international agenda. Forest landscape restoration and other …

Important role of forest disturbances in the global biomass turnover and carbon sinks

TAM Pugh, A Arneth, M Kautz, B Poulter, B Smith - Nature geoscience, 2019 - nature.com
Forest disturbances that lead to the replacement of whole tree stands are a cornerstone of
forest dynamics, with drivers that include fire, windthrow, biotic outbreaks and harvest. The …

Forest biomass retrieval approaches from earth observation in different biomes

P Rodríguez-Veiga, S Quegan, J Carreiras… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The amount and spatial distribution of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) were estimated
using a range of regionally developed methods using Earth Observation data for Poland …

[PDF][PDF] The global potential for land restoration: Scenarios for the Global Land Outlook 2

S van der Esch, A Sewell, M Bakkenes… - The Hague, The …, 2022 - pbl.nl
Estimating the potential impacts of land degradation and land restoration through past and
future changes to the condition of land was the driving force behind this study. Such …

A spatial evaluation of global wildfire-water risks to human and natural systems

FN Robinne, KD Bladon, C Miller, MA Parisien… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The large mediatic coverage of recent massive wildfires across the world has emphasized
the vulnerability of freshwater resources. The extensive hydrogeomorphic effects from a …

The land footprint of the global food trade: Perspectives from a case study of soybeans

X Liu, L Yu, W Cai, Q Ding, W Hu, D Peng, W Li, Z Zhou… - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The potential adverse impact of international trade on the environment has received growing
attention in recent years. Growing environmental pressure poses significant challenges to …

Fine-resolution forest height estimation by Integrating ICESat-2 and Landsat 8 OLI data with a spatial downscaling method for aboveground biomass quantification

Y Wang, Y Peng, X Hu, P Zhang - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rapid and accurate estimation of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) with fine details is
crucial for effective forest monitoring and management, where forest height plays a key role …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive framework for assessing the accuracy and uncertainty of global above-ground biomass maps

A Araza, S De Bruin, M Herold, S Quegan… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, several global maps of above-ground biomass (AGB) have been
produced, but they exhibit significant differences that reduce their value for climate and …