INTRODUCTION OF FOREST COVER AND CARBON MAPPING IN THE GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION AND MALAYSIA PROJECT

摘要

Forests play a vital role in sustainable development and provide a range of economic, social and environmental benefits, including essential ecosystem services such as climate change mitigation and adaptation. For the purposes of the project, the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and Malaysia comprises of Cambodia, the People's Republic of China (Yunnan province and Guangxi province), Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam. This region is rich in forest resources, but the forests have been undergoing rapid changes due to human activities. The project will be achieved by making intensive use of recent satellite remote sensing technology, establishing regional forest cover maps, documenting forest change processes and estimating carbon storage in the GMS and Malaysia. The project structure and some results from 1st phase were introduced.