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DESCRIPTION:In alignment with the European Green Deal’s strategies\, fore
 st monitoring is crucial to fill the existing information gaps and create 
 a comprehensive forest knowledge base.  Based on the 4th Spanish National 
 Forest Inventory collections updated in 2017\, we assessed remote sensing 
 data derived from various sources as complementary information to support 
 forest ecosystem monitoring in Catalonia over the last decade.  Our study 
 areas focused on regional natural parks designated by Natura 2000 where de
 ciduous tree species (Fagus sylvatica\, Castanea sativa) are well represen
 ted to analyse key biophysical variables known as Essential Biodiversity V
 ariables (EBVs) such as LAI and FAPAR.  The data products compared in this
  study include high-resolution vegetation maps with new algorithms provide
 d through cloud-based platforms such as Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem an
 d Google Earth Engine.   Specifically\, we referenced Sentinel-2 based EBV
 s from BioPAR by VITO and World Reforestation Monitor by ETH Zurich. In di
 scussion our challenges and opportunities associated with data interoperab
 ility and quality are addressed.
DTSTAMP:20260624T082255Z
LOCATION:Aula Magna
SUMMARY:Key biophysical variables for forest monitoring in Catalonia - Kaor
 i Otsu\, Imma Serra
URL:https://pretalx.earthmonitor.org/global-workshop-2026/talk/UMRHWT/
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