Drone Based Information Fusion for Forestry Application and Conservation
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 62
Special Issue Editors
2. Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing 100091, China
Interests: forest monitoring; landscape dynamics; remote sensing; ecosystem service
Interests: LiDAR remote sensing; 3D point cloud analysis; forest inventory
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forest resource surveys play a crucial role in sustainable forest management and ecological environment protection. They provide essential data support, aiding in the formulation and implementation of effective forestry policies, biodiversity conservation, and climate change response. Traditional methods of forest resource surveys require a substantial work force and material resources. The advent of drone technology offers unprecedented opportunities for advancing forestry data collection, especially in areas with challenging geographical conditions that surveyors cannot easily access. Drone remote sensing technology can quickly obtain high-precision spatial remote sensing information of the required areas, enabling precise forest plot delineation at low cost, a high efficiency, and high timeliness.
This Special Issue, "Drone-Based Information Fusion for Forestry Application and Conservation," aims to explore the innovative integration of drone-based data with other sources of information to enhance forest management and conservation strategies. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) filtering methods for UAV-LiDAR data in forested landscapes; (ii) forest monitoring, vegetated surface classification and tree species identification; (iii) biomass modeling, carbon sink, wildfire detection and illegal logging detection; (iv) resource survey, biodiversity assessment and ecological restoration; (v) forestry conservation and management for urban areas, forest parks, natural protected areas or national parks. By sharing the research findings and practical experiences, this Special Issue aims to showcase the latest research and developments in drone technology, fostering a deeper understanding of its potential to support sustainable forestry practices and conservation initiatives worldwide.
Dr. Sisi Yu
Dr. Zhenyang Hui
Dr. Xiao Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- drone technology
- filtering methods
- multiply sources data fusion
- spatiotemporal dynamic
- forestry conservation
- forestry management
- natural protected area
- remote sensing
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