Mapping Martinique's forests and other natural lands for land planning and development

Remi Teissier du Cros; Claude Vidal

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Mapping Martinique's forests and other natural lands for land planning and development

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Remi Teissier du Cros, Claude Vidal

Year:

2009

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2006 October 16-19; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 31-38.

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Abstract

The Regional Council of Martinique has chosen the French national forest inventory to realize Martinique's forest and other natural lands map. The project is divided into the three following steps: (1) nomenclature proposal and study area delineation; (2) mapping of the vegetation based on 2005 airborne orthophotographs, Geographic Information System-based slope and accessibility analysis maps, and a land cover change map based on the comparison of 2004 and 1951 airborne covers; crossed maps will be produced to show areas that can potentially be developed for agriculture, forestry, or land protection; (3) and presentation of the results.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium

Citation

du Cros, Remi Teissier; Vidal, Claude. 2009. Mapping Martinique''s forests and other natural lands for land planning and development. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2006 October 16-19; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 31-38.