Demand for Remote Sensing Data in Forestry

1. Demand for Remote Sensing Data in Forestry Pacific Island Countries GIS/RS Conference 30th November 2011 Suva.

2. Overview • History of Remote Sensing with Fiji Forestry • Demands in Remote Sensing

3. History • GIS and Remote Sensing started in Forestry in 1993 • With collaboration for the National Forest Inventory of 1991. • In line with the assistance of GTZ-GOPA

5. Forest Type / Function Map

7. National Forest Inventory2006-2007

8. Image Data Source • Landsat 7 • 25m resolution -> 1:50,000 • About 30 scenes 2000, 2001, 2002 • 5 bands available: blue, green, red, near IR, short wave IR • Most scene pre-corrected to UTM

9. LandSat 7 Satellite Image

12. Demand for Remote Sensing

13. Logged from Un-logged

14. Determine Different Forest Densities: Dense; Medium Dense; Scattered

16. Determine Coconut from Natural Forest

17. Mapping for Operational Level • Mapping for Scale 1:10,000 • Digital Terrain Model • Slope of >30° - Protected forests

18. Mapping of Logging Areas • Stereo Mapping • 1:10,000 scale • Contour lines • Areas > 30o

19. Atmospheric Conditions

20. Haze Different thresholds

21. WorldView2 - Drawa

22. WorldView2 - FCIR

23. Challenge

24. Mangrove Mapping

25. Vinaka