2.3 A NEW PERIOD FOR THE EARSeL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON FORESTRY

摘要

More than one third of the Europe is covered by forests. Remote sensing is a powerful tool for the assessment and monitoring of forest resources , and consequently serves as a unique source of information in the context of topics such as landuse/ landcover change, climate change, biodiversity and landscape ecology. At the moment there are a number of different research platforms on remote sensing in forestry such as IUFRO Remote sensing/ GIS, and World forestry groups, ISPRS Forestry group, and the ForestSat symposium events. In this context, the EARSeL Forestry SIG defines its role as a rather application oriented group.