Evaluaciones de recursos forestales mundiales

Global assessment of trees, forests and land use in drylands (2016)

The first global assessment of trees, forests and land use in drylands was carried out in 2015, using the Open Foris Collect Earth software tool to visually interpret about 213 000 sample plots. The interpretation was carried out in collaboration with universities, research institutes, governments and non-governmental institutions worldwide. The Collect Earth tool can access and display high-resolution images from Google Earth and Bing Maps. The tool also generates grids through Google Earth Engine, allowing for immediate access to the Landsat and Modis image archives. For more information on Collect Earth, and other Open Foris tools please visit www.openforis.org.  

For more information about the global drylands assessment, see the Dryland Forestry Website and the press release.