New, integrated technologies for sustainable forest management.
Winrock International's accurate and affordable forest and land use data are powerful tools for making profitable and sustainable decisions. Forest
Management Services offers the technologies, analysis, and planning assistance that communities, organizations, and government agencies need to achieve
economic and environmental goals.
| The Forest Management Support System |
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- Producing a broad spectrum of products to meet the unique needs of clients: maps, GIS layers that combine data, charts and tables, and written reports.
- Providing affordable technologies that generate high-quality results as well as generating management and administrative efficiencies.
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| Advanced Imagery Produces Advanced Results |
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- Creating geo-referenced maps to illustrate vegetation coverage and surface topography.
- Verifying inventories for forest production and conservation programs, with application for areas with difficult access and steep terrain.
- Conducting forest health assessments using color infrared to detect plant stress, disease and pest damage, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental changes.
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| Measurement and Monitoring |
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- Detecting illegal logging and providing efficient observation strategies to reduce losses.
- Generating comprehensive carbon and biomass measurements for forest carbon project planning and implementation.
- Building capacity of local organizations to plan and implement forest management programs.
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