This article evaluates the possible use of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and CORINE Land Cover (CLC) databases for better forest management in the municipalities of Kursumlija and Topola in Serbia. The forest areas obtained using CLC were up to 11.5% larger than the official forest area estimates, whereas NDVI gave more precise results. Hence, NDVI can efficiently provide local forest managers with essential annual information about the forest inventory. This is of a crucial importance for preventing illegal logging, which is very prevalent in southern Serbian municipalities, which have substantial forested territory. NDVI thus very promising for Serbia and also for countries that rarely carry out national forest inventories. This method can also easily be applied to other Balkan countries with a similar situation regarding local forest management.
Keywords:
NDVI / CORINE Land Cover / forest management / illegal logging / Serbia
TY - JOUR
AU - Jovanović, Miomir
AU - Milanović, Miško
AU - Zorn, Matija
PY - 2018
UR - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/951
AB - This article evaluates the possible use of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and CORINE Land Cover (CLC) databases for better forest management in the municipalities of Kursumlija and Topola in Serbia. The forest areas obtained using CLC were up to 11.5% larger than the official forest area estimates, whereas NDVI gave more precise results. Hence, NDVI can efficiently provide local forest managers with essential annual information about the forest inventory. This is of a crucial importance for preventing illegal logging, which is very prevalent in southern Serbian municipalities, which have substantial forested territory. NDVI thus very promising for Serbia and also for countries that rarely carry out national forest inventories. This method can also easily be applied to other Balkan countries with a similar situation regarding local forest management.
PB - Geografski Inst Antona Melika Zrc Sazu, Ljubljana
T2 - Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski zbornik
T1 - The use of NDVI and corine land cover databases for forest management in Serbia
VL - 58
IS - 1
SP - 109
EP - 123
DO - 10.3986/AGS.818
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_951
ER -
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author = "Jovanović, Miomir and Milanović, Miško and Zorn, Matija",
year = "2018",
abstract = "This article evaluates the possible use of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and CORINE Land Cover (CLC) databases for better forest management in the municipalities of Kursumlija and Topola in Serbia. The forest areas obtained using CLC were up to 11.5% larger than the official forest area estimates, whereas NDVI gave more precise results. Hence, NDVI can efficiently provide local forest managers with essential annual information about the forest inventory. This is of a crucial importance for preventing illegal logging, which is very prevalent in southern Serbian municipalities, which have substantial forested territory. NDVI thus very promising for Serbia and also for countries that rarely carry out national forest inventories. This method can also easily be applied to other Balkan countries with a similar situation regarding local forest management.",
publisher = "Geografski Inst Antona Melika Zrc Sazu, Ljubljana",
journal = "Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski zbornik",
title = "The use of NDVI and corine land cover databases for forest management in Serbia",
volume = "58",
number = "1",
pages = "109-123",
doi = "10.3986/AGS.818",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_951"
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Jovanović, M., Milanović, M.,& Zorn, M.. (2018). The use of NDVI and corine land cover databases for forest management in Serbia. in Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski zbornik
Geografski Inst Antona Melika Zrc Sazu, Ljubljana., 58(1), 109-123.
https://doi.org/10.3986/AGS.818
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_951
Jovanović M, Milanović M, Zorn M. The use of NDVI and corine land cover databases for forest management in Serbia. in Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski zbornik. 2018;58(1):109-123.
doi:10.3986/AGS.818
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_951 .
Jovanović, Miomir, Milanović, Miško, Zorn, Matija, "The use of NDVI and corine land cover databases for forest management in Serbia" in Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski zbornik, 58, no. 1 (2018):109-123,
https://doi.org/10.3986/AGS.818 .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_951 .
