FAME: a forest assessment and monitoring environment scenario

Abstract

Effective management of forest resources requires suitable, up-to-date information on the state, extent and distribution of forest. Remote Sensing data can provide this inforniation. To enable the use of remote sensing data for global forest monitoring, provisions are required to allow operational processing of the data to standardized products. A scenario for the development of a Forest Assessment and Monitoring Environment is presented. Firstly, a pilot RESPAS is developed, a suitable tool for forest iiianageinent, to compile information on global forests. Secondly, RFSPAS is upgraded to iinprcive its fiinctionality and to intrcduce FMS. Thirdly. RESPAS is extended by introducing reinote sensing data from newly launched sensors. By introducing this threestep approach, standardized remote sensing products will become available for use in sustainable forest management giving information on the state, extent and distribution of tropical forests.

FAME: a forest assessment and monitoring environment scenario

“…It can be envisaged that the initial pilot RESPAS will continue to act as a center from which iiitroduction of experiinental RESPAS products in countries will he performed, system developments, modifications and upgrades can be prepared, coordinated and controlled. This decentralization should be controlled by a Programtiie Advisory Cominitee (Burg, et al, 1992 andLooyen et al, 1993).…”