Vol. 73 No. 4-5 (2018):
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Remote Sensing in Sustainable Forest Management. First results from FRESh LIFE project - Demonstrating Remote Sensing Integration in sustainable forest management (LIFE14_ENV/IT/000414)

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  • Andrea Barzagli,
  • Susanna Nocentini,
  • Barbara Del Perugia,
  • Davide Travaglini,
  • Francesca Giannetti,
  • Catherine Zolli,
  • Simone Carrara,
  • Matteo Nerli,
  • Patrizia Rossi,
  • Anna Barbati,
  • Barbara Ferrari,
  • Antonio Tomao,
  • Bruno Lasserre,
  • Giovanni Santopuoli,
  • Marco Marchetti,
  • Marco Balsi,
  • Gherardo Chirici
Andrea Barzagli
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Susanna Nocentini
Università degli Studi di Firenze. Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali
Barbara Del Perugia
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Davide Travaglini
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Francesca Giannetti
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Catherine Zolli
Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali
Simone Carrara
Demetra
Matteo Nerli
Demetra
Patrizia Rossi
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Anna Barbati
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Barbara Ferrari
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Antonio Tomao
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Bruno Lasserre
Università degli Studi del Molise
Giovanni Santopuoli
Università degli Studi del Molise
Marco Marchetti
Università degli Studi del Molise
Marco Balsi
Oben
Gherardo Chirici
Università degli Studi di Firenze. Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2018.4.5.03

Published 2019-02-04

Keywords

  • remote sensing,
  • FRESh LIFE,
  • Sustainable forest management,
  • UAV

How to Cite

Barzagli, A., Nocentini, S., Del Perugia, B., Travaglini, D., Giannetti, F., Zolli, C., Carrara, S., Nerli, M., Rossi, P., Barbati, A., Ferrari, B., Tomao, A., Lasserre, B., Santopuoli, G., Marchetti, M., Balsi, M., & Chirici, G. (2019). Remote Sensing in Sustainable Forest Management. First results from FRESh LIFE project - Demonstrating Remote Sensing Integration in sustainable forest management (LIFE14_ENV/IT/000414). L’Italia Forestale E Montana, 73(4-5), 169–194. https://doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2018.4.5.03

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Abstract

Climate change is an unprecedented issue in modern times, with significant implications on the status of forest ecosystems and the multiple benefits they provide. Climate change is also a dynamic and complex issue that increases uncertainty about what future forests will look like. Because of these unpredictable effects, forest managers could benefit from monitoring, rather than modelling, tools to assess the effect of management on the status and trends of forest resources. Sustainable Forest Management is based on the principle of maintaining and enhancing the long-term health of forest ecosystems while providing environmental, economic, social, and cultural opportunities for current and future generations. The objective of the FRESh LIFE project is to demonstrate the possible integration of remote sensing technologies, in order to provide high resolution spatial information on selected SFM indicators under Forest Europe process, at the forest management unit scale. In this study we present the activities of the FRESh LIFE project carried out in a Mediterranean study area (Central Italy) to create a Forest Information System (DSS). Forest inventory data and high resolution remote sensing data acquired by drones (UAV) were used to produced maps of SFM Indicators. These maps were implemented in the Forest Information System to support forest managers in the decision making process
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