Earth Observation Sustainable Forest Management Contributions Amon Murwira University of Zimbabwe Dept of Geography and Environmental Science: GIS.

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Earth Observation Sustainable Forest Management Contributions Amon Murwira University of Zimbabwe Dept of Geography and Environmental Science: GIS and Earth Observation Centre

Sustainable Forest Management contributions Earth Observation Sustainable Forest Management contributions Amon Murwira University of Zimbabwe Dept of Geography and Environmental Science: GIS and Earth Observation Centre

Presentation Plant Diversity Monitoring Net primary production monitoring Dry Forest Carbon mapping Forest Nitrogen Mapping Monitoring Deforestation and Forest Degradation Characterising Climate Change Threats

Plant Diversity Monitoring

Plant Diversity and Climate B

Plant Diversity and Climate (A) current (B) worst case 2080

Net primary production Monitoring

Focus area

Radiation Modelling Validation

NPP distribution

NPP Modelling Validation

Dry Forest Carbon Mapping

Focus Area

Gonarezhou Carbon Mapping

Gonarezhou Carbon Mapping

Nitrogen Mapping for Rangeland Qaulity

Gonarezhou Nitrogen Mapping

Gonarezhou Nitrogen Mapping

Gonarezhou Nitrogen Mapping

Monitoring Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Monitoring Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Predictive Equations

Predictive Equations

Sustainable Forest Management contributions Earth Observation Sustainable Forest Management contributions Amon Murwira & F. M. Zengeya University of Zimbabwe Dept of Geography and Environmental Science: GIS and Earth Observation Centre

Conceptual Framework

The Species Tolerance Curve

Climate and Forest type range

Forest Range (Baikea)

Forest Range (Miombo)

Climate and Primary/Vegetation Productivity

Primary Productivity and Climate B

Primary Productivity (Baikiea Plurijuga)

Primary Productivity (Miombo)

Plant Diversity & Climate Change (Baikiea)

Plant Diversity and Climate Change (Miombo)

Threats to Forests

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