Zero Deforestation Agreement Assessment at Farm Level in Colombia Using Alos Palsar Working Paper

abstract

  • We assess the fulfillment of zero deforestation agreements at farm level, ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 PALSAR fine beam dual imagery for years 2010 and 2016 was processed with ad-hoc routines to estimate stable forest, deforestation, and stable non-forest extension for 2615 participant farms in five regions of Colombia. Farms associated with Meta Foothills regions showed zero deforestation during the period analyzed (2010-2016), while other regions showed low deforestation rates with the exception of the Cesar River Valley (75 ha). Results, suggests that topography and dry weather conditions have an effect on radar-based mapping accuracy. Nevertheless, overall ALOS Phased Array L-band SAR (PALSAR) data provided overall accurate, relevant, and consistent information for forest change analysis for local zero deforestation agreements assessment.

publication date

  • 2021-1-1

keywords

  • ALOS
  • Deforestation
  • Farms
  • Monitoring
  • Radar
  • Rivers
  • Topography
  • analysis
  • deforestation
  • effect
  • farm
  • imagery
  • monitoring system
  • radar
  • rate
  • river
  • synthetic aperture radar
  • topography
  • valley
  • weather condition

number of pages

  • 4

start page

  • 6913

end page

  • 6916