A5009496502- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Forest ecology and management
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Landslides and related hazards
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Food Supply Chain Traceability
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Environmental law and policy
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2019-2024
World Bank
2020
National Institute for Space Research
2003-2009
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2006
University of Freiburg
2005-2006
University of California, Berkeley
2003-2005
Zimmer Biomet (Germany)
2005
Abstract A new approach to tropical forest biomass monitoring with airborne interferometric X and P-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data is presented. Forest height, basal area, aboveground are modeled from remote sensing for a study site in the Brazilian Amazon. Radar quality has improved: novel digital model of vegetation height X- interferometry available along usual backscatter information. The derived surface models ground (from P-band) canopy X-band). difference between called...
We investigated the effects of site properties, forest structure, and time on snow breakage, insect outbreaks, windthrow, total damage for predominantly planted forests. A series in southwestern Germany spanning 77 years, from 1925 to 2001, was available along with a database properties structure. The statistical modeling procedure successively addressed (i) probability occurrence, (ii) timber loss damaging events, (iii) interaction among agents over time. Logistic linear regressions were...
National forest monitoring provides data to inform policy- and decision-makers about a country’s forests, assessing characteristics its changes. Global South countries receive financial technical support from international donors bilateral aid agencies for Forest Inventory (NFI) projects as key components of Monitoring Systems. Repeating NFI is necessary assess changes in decision-makers; however, the vast majority developing do not repeat NFIs independently foreign assistance. While drawing...
Abstract Consideration of incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is now formally part the post-2012 climate change negotiations. A significant amount financing will be required to make REDD a success, but design architecture can determine availability capital. Therefore, in negotiations this should considered at same time on an equal basis with methodological political considerations. Detailed consideration given type commitment, mechanism, level...
This article reports experiences gathered in 12 developing countries Latin America and Africa with capacity development for national GHG inventory systems. The systems their ability to deliver on measurement, reporting verification (MRV) requirements is assessed using a scorecard that covers the transparency, accuracy, completeness, consistency, comparability of as well its institutional set-up management aspects. analysis shows quantitative assessment feasible useful, could commonly be used...
Traceability and transparency in supply chains are necessary to understand the impact of commodities on forests, support design, implementation, monitoring effective solutions address forest loss, help make agricultural production food systems more sustainable. This report discusses success factors enabling conditions improve resource use reduce providing an updated evidence base inform advance collaborative discussions actions traceability transparency.
Power spectrum analysis was used for the of spatial forest features from airborne X‐band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data in Brazilian Amazon. Spectral estimates were arrived at empirically by periodograms and correlograms, autoregressive moving‐average (ARMA) models. The spectral derived SAR validated those ground with locational match. results obtained ARMA modelling revealed particularly good correspondence between remote sensing reference data: repeating patterns pixel level could be...
The spatial distribution of very large trees in primary Amazon forest is extracted from a digital model interferometric height by an approach local maximum filtering. point patterns are modeled series Markov process models. Spatial regular, and interaction decreases with distance; shown to exert repulsive their neighboring trees.
AbstractA new financing mechanism known as REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation, sustainable management of forests enhancement carbon stocks) is being established to achieve large-scale reductions in GHG tropical forestry land use. Can successfully integrate an emphasis on development benefits (as with Official Development Assistance, ODA) a focus delivering emission the Clean Mechanism, CDM)? It argued that there real risk will stay too close ODA...
A new approach to tropical forest biomass monitoring with airborne interferometric X- and P-band SAR data is presented. For the first time radar backscatter used along remotely sensed vegetation height measure biomass. The statistical models yield excellent fit statistics, well-known 'backscatter saturation effect' overcome. This research discussed in more detail.
This paper presents three practical examples of airborne InSAR data application to improve the knowledge forest structures. Two experiments were done in Amazon tropical study spatial distribution VLTs primary using LM filtering and a series Markov processes others, map model estimation biomass variations secondary forests. The third experiment refers relation SAR volumetric configuration Eucalyptus sp. stands. advances on analysis PolInSAR are very helpful increase, near future, regional...