학술논문
Gopher: Global observation of Planetary Health and Ecosystem Resources
Document Type
Conference
Author
Garg, Ashish; Mithal, Varun; Chamber, Yashu; Brugere, Ivan; Chaudhari, Vijay; Dunham, Marc; Krishna, Vikrant; Krishnamurthy, Sairam; Vangala, Sruthi; Boriah, Shyam; Steinbach, Michael; Kumar, Vipin; Cho, Albert; Stanley, JD; Abraham, Teji; Castilla-Rubio, Juan Carlos; Potter, Christopher; Klooster, Steven
Source
2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International. :1449-1452 Jul, 2011
Subject
Language
ISSN
2153-6996
2153-7003
2153-7003
Abstract
Land cover change, especially deforestation, is a priority issue for policymakers at the local, national and international scale. Deforestation's contribution of up to 20% of global green-house gas emissions is already well known; the loss of biodiversity from land conversion is also well established [7, 13]. Policymakers at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations are addressing land use change by developing a framework for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). In parallel, a number of technical groups have been working to identify strategies for reliably monitoring, reporting and verifying land use change and emissions [3, 2].