Sweden - Satellite data-based estimates of clear felling (Sweden)

Updated 2012-07-19

Swedish forestry practice includes a final clear felling after a rotation of up to about 100 years. To follow up on cutting permits, the Swedish Forest Agency (SST) annually maps all new clear felled areas, using satellite image data from the present and the previous year. This practice, carried out by a government agency, also creates a yearly nationwide database with SPOT or similar satellite image data, which has created the base for the above mentioned SACCESS national satellite data archive

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: not specified
Data collection: not specified
Data processing: not specified
Data reporting: not specified

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Address: [not specified]

Parameters and Media

Not specified

Geography

Regions studied: Sweden

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: forest coverage and felling

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: Swedish Forest Agency (SST)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?