%0 Journal Article
%T Remote Sensing in Post-Logging Diagnoses for Forest Management in French Guiana
%A Gond, V.
%A Guitet, S.
%J Bois et Forets des Tropiques
%D 2009
%V 63
%N 299
%I CIRAD-CENTRE COOPERATION INT RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR
%@ 0006-579X
%F Gond+Guitet2009
%O ISI:000266156700001
%O exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=280), last updated on Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:10:07 -0300
%X This study is part of the activities carried out to monitor tow-impact logging operations in humid tropical forests. The sustainability of these activities is highly dependent on the scale of logging damage, and managers therefore need to carry out effective checks on the quality of forestry work. In this study, remote sensing was used to track the extension of logging operations and to assess damage, through images acquired during and after logging in each parcel. Analysis of the high-resolution images (10 m) clearly identifies logged-over clearings and some skidding tracks, allowing assessments of gaps opening up in the canopy. Several parcels were monitored in this French Guiana study. A simple diagnostic procedure was established for each parcel to assess logging intensity and identify new logging tracks and timber losses. The remote sensing toot thus helps to make more accurate assessments of logging quality and to draw relevant conclusions for the logging company. The study has demonstrated the usefulness of remote sensing to identify damage after logging. The quality of restitution of the damage was validated by means of a database on the logging terrain and through field missions. This post-logging inspection tool can now be automated for fully operational use by forest managers.
%K selective logging
%K logging impact inspections
%K French Guiana
%K remote sensing
%K forest management
%P 5-13