Challenges and Prospects of Remote Sensing Application for Forest Resources Management
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 817
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to explore the innovative applications and emerging challenges of remote sensing in forest resources management. Forests play a pivotal role in maintaining ecological balance, supporting biodiversity, and mitigating climate change. However, the effective management of forest resources is becoming increasingly complex due to global changes, such as deforestation, climate variability, and resource exploitation. Remote sensing technologies offer significant potential to address these challenges by providing scalable, cost-effective, and detailed spatial and temporal data. Contributions are invited on topics including, but not limited to, forest mapping, biomass estimation, carbon stock assessments, monitoring forest health, and integrating remote sensing with machine learning and geospatial analytics for decision support. This Special Issue will also explore the limitations and opportunities for enhancing the utility of remote sensing tools in operational forest management.
Dr. Saverio Francini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- remote sensing
- forest resources management
- forest mapping
- biomass estimation
- machine learning
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