Training for Amazonia deforestation assessment

Author

Sausen, Tania Maria ; Da Cunha, Roherto Pereira

Author_Institution

Inst. Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, San Jose dos Campos, Brazil

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

1992

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

31

Abstract

A training program proposed by Brazil at a 1990 International Space Year (ISY) conference is described. The course was inspired by the success of the PRODES deforestation project, which is developing a methodology to map, estimate, and monitor deforested areas in Amazonia. The objective of the course is to train project managers in subregion (state or country level) deforestation assessment using remote sensing, mapping, and geographic information system techniques in the pan-Amazonian region.<>

Keywords

ecology; economic and sociologic effects; remote sensing; training; Amazonia deforestation assessment; Brazil; International Space Year; PRODES deforestation project; country; deforested areas; geographic information system; map; monitoring; pan-Amazonian region; project managers; remote sensing; state; subregion; training program; Animals; Management training; Project management; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Roads; Satellites; South America; Space technology; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0097

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/44.124446

Filename

124446