Forest definitions require a re-think

作者：Viviana Zalles, Nancy L. Harris, Fred Stolle, Matthew C. Hansen · 发表于：Communications Earth & Environment · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1038/s43247-024-01779-9 · 被引用次数：23 · 研究领域：Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications、Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management、Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Tracking global deforestation is key to the implementation of forest conservation and emissions reduction policies. To make tracking meaningful, the terms forest extent and deforestation must be defined in a way that is simple, transferable, and applicable with existing measurement and monitoring techniques. Tracking global deforestation is key to the implementation of forest conservation and emissions reduction policies. This Comment suggests forest extent and deforestation must be defined in a way that is simple, transferable, and applicable.