Guidance for successful tree planting initiatives

PHS Brancalion, KD Holl - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A growing number of initiatives at global, regional and national scales propose to plant
millions, billions or even trillions of trees as a simple solution to resolve complex …

The changing culture of silviculture

A Achim, G Moreau, NC Coops, JN Axelson… - Forestry, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Changing climates are altering the structural and functional components of forest
ecosystems at an unprecedented rate. Simultaneously, we are seeing a diversification of …

Forestry remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles: A review focusing on the data, processing and potentialities

N Guimarães, L Pádua, P Marques, N Silva, E Peres… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, climate change poses a global threat, which may compromise the sustainability of
agriculture, forestry and other land surface systems. In a changing world scenario, the …

Individual tree crown segmentation and crown width extraction from a heightmap derived from aerial laser scanning data using a deep learning framework

C Sun, C Huang, H Zhang, B Chen, F An… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Deriving individual tree crown (ITC) information from light detection and ranging (LiDAR)
data is of great significance to forest resource assessment and smart management. After …

Monitoring restored tropical forest diversity and structure through UAV-borne hyperspectral and lidar fusion

DRA De Almeida, EN Broadbent, MP Ferreira… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Remote sensors, onboard orbital platforms, aircraft, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
have emerged as a promising technology to enhance our understanding of changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Map**, validating, and interpreting spatio-temporal trends in post-disturbance forest recovery

JC White, T Hermosilla, MA Wulder… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The success and rate of forest regeneration has consequences for sustainable forest
management, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity, among others. Systematically …

Monitoring the structure of forest restoration plantations with a drone-lidar system

DRA Almeida, EN Broadbent, AMA Zambrano… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
We are in an unprecedented moment for promoting forest restoration globally, with
international and regional pledges to restore at least 350 million hectares by 2030. To …

Exotic eucalypts: From demonized trees to allies of tropical forest restoration?

PHS Brancalion, NT Amazonas… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
International forest landscape restoration commitments have promoted the restoration of
millions of hectares of degraded and deforested lands globally, but few forest restoration …

Secondary forests offset less than 10% of deforestation‐mediated carbon emissions in the Brazilian Amazon

CC Smith, FDB Espírito‐Santo, JR Healey… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary forests are increasing in the Brazilian Amazon and have been cited as an
important mechanism for reducing net carbon emissions. However, our understanding of the …

Distinguishing forest types in restored tropical landscapes with UAV-borne LIDAR

J Scheeres, J de Jong, B Brede, PHS Brancalion… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forest landscape restoration is a global priority to mitigate negative effects of climate
change, conserve biodiversity, and ensure future sustainability of forests, with international …