Applications of Remote Sensing in Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation II

Dear Colleagues,

Due to the overwhelming support and interest in the previous Special Issue (SI), we are introducing a 2nd edition on “Applications of Remote Sensing in Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation”. I would like to thank all the authors and co-authors who made contributions to the success of the 1st edition of this SI.

Over the years, remote sensing techniques have been increasingly contributing to determining biodiversity characteristics as well as monitoring over large-scale areas. Currently biodiversity needs to be protected primarily to maintain the mechanisms of the functioning of living nature in forests and ecosystems; maintain the ability to withstand environmental changes as well as discover and take advantage of new features that may facilitate development and guarantee the survival of future generations. The evolution of remote sensing tools allows the refinement of existing approaches and the development of innovative new ones for a better evaluation of the biodiversity response to natural ecosystems management and conservation.

With the launches of new Earth observation satellites and growing uses of unmanned aerial vehicles, wider applications of remote sensing for monitoring and mapping of forest ecosystems biodiversity can be foreseen. Remote-sensing based approaches to biodiversity features can further improve management and policy decisions.  Moreover, rapid advances in remote sensing methods have also promoted the application of machine learning algorithms and techniques to problems in many related fields, such as classification, environmental changes. This Special Issue aims to report the latest advances and trends concerning multimodal remote sensing image processing methods and applications for the biodiversity.

Dr. Maciej Bartold
Dr. Rasa Šimanauskienė
Dr. Krzysztof Stereńczak
Guest Editors

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