Wildland fires dramatically affect forest ecosystems, altering the loss of their biodiversity and
their sustainability. In addition, they have a strong impact on the global carbon balance and …

Globally, forests provide several functions and services to support humans' well-being and
the mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The services that forests provide enable the …

Woody encroachment is occurring in all tropical savannas of the world. However, in the
Brazilian savanna (the Cerrado), the extent of this phenomenon is still poorly documented …

Tropical and subtropical dry woodlands are rich in biodiversity and carbon. Yet, many of
these woodlands are under high deforestation pressure and remain weakly protected. Here …

Tropical forests cover large areas of equatorial Africa and play a substantial role in the
global carbon cycle. However, there has been a lack of biometric measurements to …

We applied a participatory map** approach supported by very high-resolution satellite
imagery to reconstruct spatially explicit, year-to-year land use transitions in two highly …

Human activities have placed significant pressure on the terrestrial biosphere, leading to
ecosystem degradation and carbon losses. However, the full impact of these activities on …

ABSTRACT The Upper Guinean Forest region of West Africa, a globally significant
biodiversity hotspot, is among the driest and most human-impacted tropical ecosystems. We …

Changes in land cover (LC) can lead to environmental challenges, but few studies have
investigated LC changes at a country wide scale in Ghana. Tracking LC changes at such a …

Map** vegetation types through remote sensing images has proved to be effective,
especially in large biomes, such as the Brazilian Cerrado, which plays an important role in …