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IDENTIFICATION OF “HOT SPOT AREAS” OF FOREST COVER CHANGES IN BOREAL EURASIA Map of "hot spot areas" of forest cover changes in Boreal Eurasia. Click to enlarge (74 kb).   A group of experts convened in Moscow in April 2004 at the invitation of the Joint Research Centre and the network of the Global Forest Watch Russia, aiming to identify and locate current and potential areas of rapid forest cover change in boreal Eurasia. The report presents the resulting “hot spot” maps of the boreal European and Siberian regions.   The present study was built on the premise that satellites are a prime means of acquiring relevant data over extensive territories and with a sufficient amount of detail and adequate frequency. Much of the “Hot Spot Areas” project activities were dedicated to the collection of data derived from a broad range of remote sensing instruments and to the analysis of such data in terms of changes in the forest canopy.
Date of creation 2005 HCVF types covered 2 Country Boreal Eurasia Organisation Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, WRI, GFW, Greenpeace Russia, SEU Forests Boreal   The results of this study are considered to be an important initial step for the development of a new method of monitoring the boreal forest cover of the Eurasian continent.
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