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Category : Forest ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Report of the UNEP/FAO Expert Consultation on Environmental Parameters in Future Global Forest Assessments
Author: Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
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Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
This international symposium on theory and techniques for assessing the accuracy of spatial data and spatial analyses included more than ninety presentations by representatives from government, academic, and private institutions in over twenty countries throughout the world. To encourage interactions across disciplines, presentations in the general subject areas of spatial statistics, geographic information systems, remote sensing, and multidisciplinary approaches were intermixed throughout the three days of sessions.
Remote Sensing
Author: J D GreerPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781570830402
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes
Author: Robert C. SzaroPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195079586
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
The conservation of biodiversity has profound implications for managing natural resources with the need for scientific information as a foundation for management decisions increasing dramatically. The_ intent of this book is to look beyond the theory of biodiversity to_ the principles, practices, and policies needed for its conservation. Its objectives are to provide the scientific basis for understanding biodiversity, document case examples of theory and concepts applied at differing scales, and examine policies that affect its conservation.
Agrindex
Author: Report of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Author: Documentación de la FAO.
Author: 1948-2018 Seventy years of FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251300623
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
A fascinating look into the scope and impacts of this major reporting exercise over a period of seven decades.
Forest Certification
Author: Daniel J VogtPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420049453
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Forest certification has been widely accepted as a tool that would encourage industrial and non-industrial management of resources in an environmentally acceptable, socially beneficial and economically viable manner. Much has been written on certification yet five issues have been missing, which this book addresses: an analysis of the scientific ba
Geospatial Technologies for Land Degradation Assessment and Management
Author: R. S. DwivediPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1498749615
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
The constant growth of the world’s population and the decline of the availability of land and soil resources are global concerns for food security. Other concerns are the decrease in productivity and delivery of essential ecosystems services because of the decline of soil quality and health by a range of degradation processes. Key soil properties like soil bulk density, organic carbon concentration, plant available water capacity, infiltration rate, air porosity at field moisture capacity, and nutrient reserves, are crucial properties for soil functionality which refers to the capacity of soil to perform numerous functions. These functions are difficult to measure directly and are estimated through indices of soil quality and soil health. Soil degradation, its extent and severity, can also be estimated by assessing indices of soil quality and health. "Geospatial Technology for Land Degradation Assessment and Management" uses satellite imagery and remote sensing technologies to measure landscape parameters and terrain attributes. Remote sensing and geospatial technologies are important tools in assessing the extent and the severity of land and soil degradation, their temporal changes, and geospatial distribution in a timely and cost-effective manner. The knowledge presented in the book by Dr. R.S. Dwivedi shows how remote sensing data can be utilized for inventorying, assessing, and monitoring affected ecosystems and how this information can be integrated in the models of different local settings. Through many land degradations studies, land managers, researchers, and policymakers will find practical applications of geospatial technologies and future challenges. The information presented is also relevant to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations towards global food security.