Assessing change in national forest monitoring capacities of 99 tropical countries

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 352, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-123

  Romijn, Erika ^a   Lantican, Celso B ^b   Herold, Martin ^a   Lindquist, Erik ^c   Ochieng, Robert ^a   Wijaya, Arief ^d   Murdiyarso, Daniel ^d,e   Verchot, Louis ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Green Tropics International   (Philippines)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^e BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Carbon reporting; Forest cover change; Monitoring systems; REDD+; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; MONITORING; NATURAL RESOURCES; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CARBON REPORTING; FOREST COVER CHANGE; MONITORING SYSTEM; REDD; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CARBON SINK; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONITORING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL FOREST; UNITED NATIONS;

FORESTRY; INDICATORS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 84941050373     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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