Abstract Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) map** products are essential for various
environmental studies, including ecological environmental assessments, resource …

Anthropogenic stress and disturbance of forest ecosystems (FES) has been increasing at all
scales from local to global. In rapidly changing environments, in-situ terrestrial FES …

Land change is a cause and consequence of global environmental change,. Changes in
land use and land cover considerably alter the Earth's energy balance and biogeochemical …

Accuracy assessment is a standard protocol of National Land Cover Database (NLCD)
map**. Here we report agreement statistics between map and reference labels for NLCD …

Land cover maps are essential for characterizing the biophysical properties of the Earth's
land areas. Because land cover information synthesizes a rich array of information related to …

Conversion of land cover is one of the main causes of global environmental change and
identifying the regions where sustained trends of land change are occurring provides useful …

Abstract The US Geological Survey Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection
(USGS LCMAP) initiative is working toward a comprehensive capability to characterize land …

The land area covered by freely available very high-resolution (VHR) imagery has grown
dramatically over recent years, which has considerable relevance for forest observation and …

Two recent global maps of tree restoration potential have identified vast regions where tree
cover could be increased, ranging from 0.9 to 2.3 billion hectares. Both maps, however …

The spatial and temporal distribution of trees has a large impact on human health and the
environment through contributions to important climate mechanisms as well as commercial …