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Article

Combining Satellite Data and Community-Based Observations for Forest Monitoring

by
Arun Kumar Pratihast
1,*,
Ben DeVries
1,
Valerio Avitabile
1,
Sytze De Bruin
1,
Lammert Kooistra
1,
Mesfin Tekle
2 and
Martin Herold
1
1
Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, NL-6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2
The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Bonga, Southern Nations Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Forests 2014, 5(10), 2464-2489; https://doi.org/10.3390/f5102464
Submission received: 5 May 2014 / Revised: 20 September 2014 / Accepted: 6 October 2014 / Published: 14 October 2014
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Potential Role for Community Monitoring in MRV and in Benefit Sharing in REDD+)
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Within the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) framework, the involvement of local communities in national forest monitoring activities has the potential to enhance monitoring efficiency at lower costs while simultaneously promoting transparency and better forest management. We assessed the consistency of forest monitoring data (mostly activity data related to forest change) collected by local experts in the UNESCO Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. Professional ground measurements and high resolution satellite images were used as validation data to assess over 700 forest change observations collected by the local experts. Furthermore, we examined the complementary use of local datasets and remote sensing by assessing spatial, temporal and thematic data quality factors. Based on this complementarity, we propose a framework to integrate local expert monitoring data with satellite-based monitoring data into a National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) in support of REDD+ Measuring, Reporting and Verifying (MRV) and near real-time forest change monitoring.
Keywords: REDD+; MRV; national forest monitoring system; community-based monitoring; citizen science; remote sensing; accuracy assessment; Kafa; Ethiopia REDD+; MRV; national forest monitoring system; community-based monitoring; citizen science; remote sensing; accuracy assessment; Kafa; Ethiopia

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Pratihast, A.K.; DeVries, B.; Avitabile, V.; De Bruin, S.; Kooistra, L.; Tekle, M.; Herold, M. Combining Satellite Data and Community-Based Observations for Forest Monitoring. Forests 2014, 5, 2464-2489. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5102464

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Pratihast AK, DeVries B, Avitabile V, De Bruin S, Kooistra L, Tekle M, Herold M. Combining Satellite Data and Community-Based Observations for Forest Monitoring. Forests. 2014; 5(10):2464-2489. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5102464

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Pratihast, Arun Kumar, Ben DeVries, Valerio Avitabile, Sytze De Bruin, Lammert Kooistra, Mesfin Tekle, and Martin Herold. 2014. "Combining Satellite Data and Community-Based Observations for Forest Monitoring" Forests 5, no. 10: 2464-2489. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5102464

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Pratihast, A. K., DeVries, B., Avitabile, V., De Bruin, S., Kooistra, L., Tekle, M., & Herold, M. (2014). Combining Satellite Data and Community-Based Observations for Forest Monitoring. Forests, 5(10), 2464-2489. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5102464

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