Addressing the need for improved land cover map products for policy support.

ABSTRACT: The continued increase of anthropogenic pressure on the Earth's ecosystems is degrading the natural environment and then decreasing the services it provides to humans. The type, quantity, and quality of many of those services are directly connected to land cover, yet competing demands for land continue to drive rapid land cover change, affecting ecosystem services. Accurate and updated land cover information is thus more important than ever, however, despite its importance, the needs of many users remain only partially attended. A key underlying reason for this is that user needs vary widely, since most current products - and there are many available - are produced for a specific type of end user, for example the climate modelling community. With this in mind we focus on the need for flexi

SUBMITTER: Szantoi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521452 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature