1. Regional Scale Forest Mapping with Medium Resolution Satellite Data Dmitry E. Aksenov Elena S. Esipova Natalia V. Kuksina Mikhail L. Karpachevsky

3. Minimum set of information includes: Forest cover Dominant tree species Age of the upper canopy Productivity / growing stock estimation

4. Options for the forest cover and tree species: Modis data (like UMD TreeCover) + official forest survey data (lesoustroistvo) Landsat TM/ETM+ classification IRS-P6 AWiFS classification

5. Example of Landsat ETM+

6. dark coniferous (spruce, fir) pine mixed deciduous – dark coniferous deciduous (birch, aspen) cleacuts fire scars...and its classification by tree species

7. IRS-P6 AWiFS

8. Retrospective data allow age classification ~2000 Landsat ETM+ GLCF ~1990 Landsat TM GLCF ~1980 Landsat MSS GLCF 2007 Landsat TM IRS-P6 AWiFS ScanEx <1980 clearcuts in Landsat MSS Change detection MSS-TM Change detection TM-ETM+ Change detection ETM+-AWiFS MSS classification

9. Landsat MSS (~1980)

10. Landsat TM (~1990)

11. Change detection MSS-TM

12. Landsat TM (~1990)

13. Landsat ETM+ (~2000)

14. Change TM-ETM+

15. Logging of 1980-2000

16. Productivity / growing stock is still a problem NDVI in combination with official data? Radar data for sparse forests? Landsat imagery classification in combination with ground data (kNN-method)?

18. Kirov Oblast Mapping (2004-2006) ~2000 Landsat ETM+ GLCF ~1990 Landsat TM GLCF ~1980 Landsat MSS GLCF 2007 Landsat TM IRS-P6 AWiFS ScanEx <1980 clearcuts in Landsat MSS Change detection MSS-TM Change detection TM-ETM+ Change detection ETM+-AWiFS MSS classification + Landsat ETM+ classification for tree species

19. European Russia Mapping (2006-2007) ~2000 Landsat ETM+ GLCF ~1990 Landsat TM GLCF ~1980 Landsat MSS GLCF 2006 Modis <1980 clearcuts in Landsat MSS Change detection MSS-TM Change detection TM-ETM+ Change detection Modis 2001-2006 MSS classification + UMD Treecover Forest of the USSR (1990) Modis classification (Bartalev et al.)

20. European Russia Mapping (plans for 2008) ~2000 Landsat ETM+ GLCF ~1990 Landsat TM GLCF ~1980 Landsat MSS GLCF 2007 Landsat TM IRS-P6 AWiFS ScanEx <1980 clearcuts in Landsat MSS Change detection MSS-TM Change detection TM-ETM+ Change detection ETM+-AWiFS MSS classification + IRS-P6 AWiFS classification for tree species

21. Logging sustainability Planting Natural reforestation clearcuts selective logging forest fires pest outbreaks Forest resources Economically unavailable forests: - remote areas; - low-productive stands; - environmental limitations; - protected areas

22. MSS-TM-ETM+ change detection Northern Kirov Oblast

23. Lamdsat MSS, ~1980

24. Landsat TM, ~1990

25. Landsat ETM+, ~2000

26. non-forest areas clearcuts 1990 – 2000 ther forest clearcuts 1980-1990

27. non-forest areas clearcuts 1980 – 2000 гг. other forest

28. non-forest lands clearcuts 1980 – 2000 other forest old coniferous