The use of NDVI and corine land cover databases for forest management in Serbia
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.
Keywords:
NDVI / CORINE Land Cover / forest management / illegal logging / SerbiaSource:
Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski zbornik, 2018, 58, 1, 109-123Publisher:
- Geografski Inst Antona Melika Zrc Sazu, Ljubljana
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DOI: 10.3986/AGS.818
ISSN: 1581-6613
WoS: 000415133800009
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85030108856
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Geografski fakultetTY - 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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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 .