Towards global oil palm plantation mapping using remote-sensing data

In recent decades, palm oil, which forms one of the world's major bulk feedstock and oil crops, has been cultivated at an increasing scale to meet new demand. Oil palm expansion has driven not only socio-economic development but also serious ecological problems and environmental pollution throu...

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Published in:International journal of remote sensing 2018-09, Vol.39 (18), p.5891-5906
Main Authors: Cheng, Yuqi, Yu, Le, Xu, Yidi, Liu, Xiaoxuan, Lu, Hui, Cracknell, Arthur P., Kanniah, Kasturi, Gong, Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Carbon cycle
Climatic conditions
Deforestation
Earth
Economic development
Ecosystems
Environmental pollution
Fires
Forests
Image resolution
Mapping
Oil
Oil palm trees
Palm oil
Plantations
Precipitation
Remote sensing
Statistical methods
Systems analysis
Terrain
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Summary:In recent decades, palm oil, which forms one of the world's major bulk feedstock and oil crops, has been cultivated at an increasing scale to meet new demand. Oil palm expansion has driven not only socio-economic development but also serious ecological problems and environmental pollution through deforestation and fires to clear the forests. Uneconomic oil palm plantations can influence the balance of regional ecosystems and the carbon cycle. Many countries report national statistics on the area of oil palm, but few document the extent and locations of oil palm plantations. In this study, we produce and make available oil palm maps that include 15 countries with more than 10,000 ha of planted oil palms. Phased Array Type L-band Synthetic Aperture (PALSAR-2) images and high-resolution (
ISSN:0143-1161
1366-5901
DOI:10.1080/01431161.2018.1492182