Forest Monitoring in Indonesia: Using an extensive LiDAR data set to map forest carbon stock and logging impacts

Stephen Hagen, Applied Geosolutions, shagen@appliedgeosolutions.com
Franklin B. Sullivan, University of New Hampshire, fsulliva@gmail.com (Presenter)
Sassan Saatchi, CALTECH/JPL, sasan.s.saatchi@jpl.nasa.gov
Timothy Pearson, Winrock International, tpearson@winrock.org
Michael Palace, ESRC-University of New Hampshire, michael.palace@unh.edu
Bobby H. Braswell, Applied GeoSolutions, rbraswell@appliedgeosolutions.com
Sandra Brown, Winrock International, sbrown@winrock.org
William A. Salas, Applied GeoSolutions, wsalas@agsemail.com
Matthew Hanson, Applied GeoSolutions, mhanson@appliedgeosoltuions.com

Around the world, governments are establishing national forest monitoring systems (NFMS) that use a combination of remote sensing and ground-based forest carbon inventory approaches to estimate anthropogenic forest-related greenhouse gas emissions and removals. The NFMS forms the link between historical assessments and current/future assessments of forests, enabling consistency in the data and information to support the implementation of REDD+ activities. The creation of a reliable, transparent, and comprehensive NFMS is currently limited by a dearth of relevant data that are accurate, low-cost, and spatially resolved at subnational scales.

Here, we present methods and early results from the processing and analysis of a regionally extensive LiDAR data collection in Kalimantan, the Indonesia part of the island of Borneo. The data are processed and analyzed using an end-to-end open source software system.

Presentation Type:  Poster

Session:  General Contributions   (Tue 4:35 PM)

Associated Project(s): 

• Hagen, Steve: Operational multi-sensor design for national scale forest carbon monitoring to support REDD+ MRV systems ...details

Poster Location ID: 243