[HTML][HTML] Assessing Forest Degradation Through Remote Sensing in the Brazilian Amazon: Implications and Perspectives for Sustainable Forest Management

AHM Oliveira, EA Matricardi, LEOC de Aragão… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Forest degradation and forest disturbance are distinct yet often conflated concepts,
complicating their definition and monitoring. Forest degradation involves interrupted …

[HTML][HTML] Forest fragmentation trends and modes in China: Implications for conservation and restoration

Y Cai, P Zhu, X Liu, Y Zhou - … Journal of Applied Earth Observation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Forest fragmentation is a significant issue in China; however, a comprehensive
understanding and assessment of the temporal trends and spatial modes of forest …

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework needs headline indicators that can actually monitor forest integrity

R Pillay, JEM Watson, SJ Goetz… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Intact native forests under negligible large-scale human pressures (ie high-integrity forests)
are critical for biodiversity conservation. However, high-integrity forests are declining …

[HTML][HTML] Deforestation and forest degradation detection in the Brazilian Amazon: A comparative analysis of two areas and their conservation units

DN Lopes, S Tsuyuki - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study analyzed land use and land cover (LULC) changes to identify the levels of
deforestation and forest degradation in two locations in the Amazon rainforest and their …

Measuring forest degradation via ecological-integrity indicators at multiple spatial scales

DA DellaSala, B Mackey, CF Kormos, V Young… - Biological …, 2025 - Elsevier
Forests harbor some 80% of Earth's terrestrial biodiversity and play a crucial role in
sequestering and storing carbon that is linked to their ecological integrity and biological …

[HTML][HTML] Consistent patterns of LiDAR-derived measures of savanna vegetation complexity between wet and dry seasons

Z Wang, J Singh, AB Davies - Ecological Indicators, 2025 - Elsevier
Metrics of structural vegetation complexity derived from airborne Light Detection and
Ranging (LiDAR) have been used extensively in studies on plant ecology, animal behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of frontier processes in Amazonian subnational jurisdictions: Frontier metrics reveal major patterns of human–nature interactions

G Briceño, J Betbeder, A Bégué, G Cornu… - Ecological …, 2025 - Elsevier
Deforestation, degradation and regrowth of the tropical forests of the Amazon clearly alter
forest cover. These changes in space and over time generate diverse landscape use …

High Resolution Tree Height Map** of the Amazon Forest using Planet NICFI Images and LiDAR-Informed U-Net Model

FH Wagner, R Dalagnol, G Carter, M Hirye… - ar** tropical primary wet forests in the Amazon Basin from satellite-based time series metrics of canopy stability
B Mackey, S Hugh, T Shestakova, BM Rogers… - Discover …, 2025 - Springer
Deforestation and forest degradation are of continued and growing concern for biodiversity
loss, carbon emissions, and a host of ecosystem services for local and global communities …

[PDF][PDF] Deforestation and Forest Degradation in the Amazon-Update for year 2023 and assessment of humid forest regrowth

R BEUCHLE, C BOURGOIN, J CARREIRAS… - 2025 - researchgate.net
The Amazon rainforest, a vital global ecosystem, is facing significant threats from the loss of
intact forest through deforestation and degradation. This report provides an overview of …