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The LAST Intact Forest Landscapes of Northern European Russia


Alexey Yu. Yaroshenko, Peter V. Potapov, Svetlana A. Turubanova

Mapping of intact forest landscapes in northern European Russia using high-resolution satellite images - methods and results

 The LAST Intact Forest Landscapes of Northern European Russia

GREENPEACE RUSSIA and GLOBAL FOREST WATCH
With the support of the Biodiversity Conservation Center, the Socio-Ecological Union International and the Kola Branch of the Biodiversity Conservation Center

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Table of contents

About book

1. MAIN CONCLUSIONS

2. SUMMARY

3. INTRODUCTION

4. GENERAL FOREST CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REGION

5. THE NATURAL DYNAMICS OF TAIGA FORESTS

Gap Dynamics

Fire Dynamics

Secondary Forests

4. ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES ON FORESTS

The Industrial Development of the Taiga as a Wood Resource

5. IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF INTACT FOREST LANDSCAPES

The Natural Value of Large Boreal Forest Landscapes

Background Human Influence

Materials and Sources of Information

Satellite Images Used

Field Data Collection in Key Areas

Methodology for the Identification of Intact Forest Landscapes

Limitations and Deficiencies of the Map of Intact Forest Landscapes

6. TIMBER RESOURCES OF remaining INTACT FOREST landscapes

Logging Intensity in the Vicinity of Remaining Intact Forest Landscapes

Forest Productivity in Remaining Intact Forest Landscapes

Timber Stock in Remaining Intact Forest Landscapes

7. CONCLUSION

8. APPENDIX A: LITERATURE CITED

9. APPENDIX B: MAPs Of INTACT FOREST LANDSCAPES

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