Ongoing work into tree cover differentiation will help resolve the main criticism against remote sensing-based forest-monitoring tools: the lack of distinction between natural forests and plantations.
How forests are defined can affect aerial monitoring of deforestation.
“We live in a world of constant beta,” explains James Anderson, communications officer for the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) forests programme. Nearly every week features are tweaked on the Global Forest Watch (GFW) platform, an innovative mapping system that allows users to track changes in global forest extent, among other features. Constant innovation in technological capability as well as broad social engagement, allowing for more on-the-ground verification, keep GFW on the cutting edge of forest monitoring.
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