An overview of the jers1 sar global boreal forest mapping. Global forestland cover datasets and projects gofc project. First nation mapping boreal wetlands the working forest. The gfw map utilizes cutting edge satellite and remote sensing technology to. Changing conditions due to urban sprawl, as well as increasing forest fragmentation, make land cover and change detection analysis an extremely important consideration for management, planning and inventory mapping. The global forest map is one of the many outputs produced by fra 2000. In canada, forest ecosystems are a mosaic of trees, wetlands, and lakes, occupying an area of 650 million ha wulder et al. Using the correct acquisition platform airborne, uas, mobile, or groundbased, paired with the appropriate sensor technology for the project area and mission ortho, oblique, lidar, multispectral in combination with cuttingedge software. Estimating largescale forest biomass is a crucial issue for understanding global carbon cycling, as well as for monitoring global and regional changes in vegetation due to climate change effects or changes. The worlds boreal zone is often called circumpolar because it circles the. How best to map boreal or northern forest with spaceborne radar is the focus of an esa. That history may help scientists trying to predict how the boreal forest.
The assessment includes several volumes of text and statistical information found on the fao website and in a series of printed. Gbfm is defined as global boreal forest mapping somewhat frequently. A global index for mapping the exposure of water resources to wildfire. A key area of controversy over mining in the boreal region is the exploitation of tar or oil sands, which are areas with sand or sandstone saturated with bitumen, a viscous form of petroleum, which can be. The global boreal forest mapping gbfm project is an international. Canada respects and looks after its boreal forest in many ways, including by setting aside. Global fire emissions database gfed project 1997 now the gfed project, aiming to quantify fire emissions on a global scale, originated from a nasa grant to james t. Mapping fire scars in global boreal forests using imaging.
A global index for mapping the exposure of water resources. However, scientific understanding of the boreal forests significance in the carbon cycle and its role in control of greenhouse gases and impact on global climate change is incomplete. Canadas boreal forest is central to the countrys natural environment, history, culture and economy. Usgs eros archive land cover products global forest. Edmonton ducks unlimited canada duc and the akaitcho treaty 8 tribal council have undertaken a significant conservation effort in the boreal forest. Rh100 values increases with modis tree cover estimates. Final products of the north american boreal forest mapping project will include two continental scale radar mosaics and supplementary multitemporal mosaics for alaska, central canada, and eastern canada. Mapping is critical for forest inventory, conservation and planning, and lidar technology offers researchers the opportunity to gain much more data in a short. Arctic tundra, boreal forest, remote sensing, climate change, modeling, vegetation, mapping, shrub, lichen this project, part of the arctic boreal vulnerability experiment above, is designed to. The global boreal forest mapping gbfm project is an international collaborative. Changing conditions due to urban sprawl, as well as increasing forest fragmentation, make land cover. Boreal forest, radar remote sensing, ers, jers, dlr receiving. Accordingly, the jers project is titled global boreal forest mapping gbfm.
Due to data limitations, a small portion of the boreal forest biome. Financial tools and calculators financial literacy programs consumer affairs. Analysis of modis imagery for detection of clearcuts in the boreal forest of northwest russia. With processing software drawing in stacks of radar images from esas envisat satellite, scientists have created a map of the whole northern hemispheres forest biomass in higher. Mining in the boreal tar sands global forest atlas.
As the map shows, canadas boreal zone stretches from yukon and. Forest monitoring designed for action global forest watch. The boreal forest transect case study bftcs is a multidisciplinary ecological study organised around a km transect located in central canada. Global canopy height gradients 28 canopy height estimates from the filtered glas shots revealed two main patterns. The global boreal forest mapping gbfm project is led by the earth observation research and applications center eorc of the japan aerospace exploration agency jaxa. Currently, settlement populations within the boreal zone are small and far from large markets. Earth observation for sustainable development of forests eosd project. The canadian beacons project uses global forest watch. This study is an extension of earlier research which demonstrated the utility of ers sar data for detection and monitoring of firedisturbed boreal forests of alaska. For example, approximately 80% of the canadian boreal forest is still unfragmented by. Assessing forest intactness in the boreal forest of canada. The global boreal forest mapping gbfm project is an international collaborative undertaking initiated by nasda in 1996, as a followon to the tropicalfocused global rain forest mapping grfm. The boreal forest is one of the worlds great ecosystems, stretching across north america and eurasia in an unbroken band and containing about 25% of the worlds closed canopy forests.
Large area mapping of boreal growing stock volume on an. Mapping forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar. Global, live, boreal forest mapping from satellite. Research school of informatics, computing, and cyber systems. Natural resources canadacanadian forest service, northern forestry centre. Given its global importance, there is a need to map and monitor the boreal zone, and as the changes occur on all from local, regional to global scales, fine resolution information over vast areas is required. The consortium members will combine their technologies, expertise and data to develop a platform for producing global, live, boreal forest inventory and maps from satellite data. Beyond its importance for timber production and biodiversity, the boreal forest is gaining increasing attention for its role in carbon storage and climate. Massive climate change mapping and modeling project. Using plant fossils and ice cores, scientists have put together a history of the how the boreal forest has migrated since the last ice age.
Known in russia as the taiga, the boreal forest constitutes one of the largest biome in the world, covering some 12 million square kilometres. Global forest resources assessment fra 2000 global boreal forest mapping project gbfm. Partners the global boreal forest mapping gbfm project is a collaboration among the earth observation research center of the national space development agency of japan eorc, nasda, earth observation center eoc, nasda, japanese ministry of international trade and industry miti, united states nasa national aeronautics and space administration. Openforests provides information tools to reconnect people and forests for a more sustainable forest management. Global forest watch offers the latest data, technology and tools that empower people everywhere to better protect forests. In north america, the boreal ecoregion extends from alaska to newfoundland, bordering the tundra to the north and touching the great lakes to the south. Boreal forest definition in the cambridge english dictionary. The boreal forest encompasses 30% of the global forest area 1, contains more surface freshwater than any other biome 2, and has large tracts of unmanaged forests, mostly in lowerproductivity, highlatitude regions of canada, russia, and alaska 3 fig. The mapping framework developed can be applied to estimate the carbon budget of boreal forests at varying spatial scales, such as municipalities, catchments or regions. Global forest watch gfw is an online platform that provides nearrealtime data and tools for monitoring forests. Our 19971998 jers sar imagery is taken from the summer and winter mosaics produced by the global boreal forest mapping gbfm project. Because of the importance of boreal forests for the biomass mission, and the global carbon cycle in general, highly accurate and robust methods for transforming. The boreal forest of russia is the largest forest on earth about.
Global forest monitoring project quantifying rates of forest cover change is important for. This map was modified to add ecoregions of temperate coniferous and. Home about us team projects publications media dataset maps home. One big piece of the puzzle lies above the 50degree latitudinal line and is named for the greek god of the north wind, boreas. The boreal vegetation of the subarctic comprises more than 30% of the earths forest area and plays a major role in controlling the global environment.
Largearea mapping of canadian boreal forest cover, height. Canadas boreal forest covers a vast part of our country, yet there are many. Maximize the value of timber assets, reduce costs, and improve forest management with solutions for data collection, map analytics, and remote sensing. Some of his recent efforts have focused on identifying and mapping large tracts of oldgrowth forest habitat in and around areas of industrial.
Our strategy combines the strengths of global forest change mapping to. Collaborative effort is underway to map boreal forests worldwide using lband, single polarization synthetic aperture radar sar imagery from the japanese earth resources jers1 satellite. The global rain forest mapping grfm project is an international endeavour led by the national space development agency of japan nasda, with the aim of producing spatially and temporally. The reserve offers a range of characteristics such as an elevational gradient with forests ranging from temperate to boreal forest, a large range of elevations m and slopes, 2 national. Forest land mapping, forestry mapping satellite imaging corp. Global, live, boreal forest mapping from satellite data.
This map was modified to add ecoregions of temperate coniferous and mixed forests characterized by similar seasonality and presence of winter snow cover. Pdf an overview of the jers1 sar global boreal forest mapping. Work with global forest watch global forest watch blog. This includes ecosystem and species diversity, forest productivity, reforestation, forest health, conservation of soil, water resources, and nutrient cycling. Many applications of forestry and natural resources require accurate land cover and change analysis. Partners the global boreal forest mapping gbfm project is a collaboration among the earth observation research center of the national space development. And we are expanding our team to help us achieve this. The boreal biome was delineated using the world wildlife fund terrestrial ecoregions map. Closing the gap a siberian boreal forest map with ers12 and. Ecosystem services of boreal forests carbon budget.
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