Forest degradation affects forest structure, composition and diversity, carbon stocks,
functionality and ecosystem processes. It is known to contribute significantly to global carbon …

Land cover classification of Landsat images is one of the most important applications
developed from Earth observation satellites. The last four decades were marked by different …

Formal planning and development of what became the first Landsat satellite commenced
over 50 years ago in 1967. Now, having collected earth observation data for well over four …

Although fishing is one of the most widespread activities by which humans harvest natural
resources, its global footprint is poorly understood and has never been directly quantified …

Abstract The United States (US) federal government provides imagery obtained by federally
funded Earth Observation satellites typically at no cost. For many years Landsat was an …

The remote sensing science and application communities have developed increasingly
reliable, consistent, and robust approaches for capturing land dynamics to meet a range of …

Landsat 8, a NASA and USGS collaboration, acquires global moderate-resolution
measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible, near-infrared, short …

African forest are increasingly in decline as a result of land-use conversion due to human
activities. However, a consistent and detailed characterization and map** of land-use …

Forest degradation is a global phenomenon and while being an important indicator and
precursor to further forest loss, carbon emissions due to degradation should also be …

Allometric equations are currently used to estimate above‐ground biomass (AGB) based on
the indirect relationship with tree parameters. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) can measure …