. . "201800319" . "NRS_0006" . "7"^^ . "196"^^ . "10"^^ . "2023-07-06T22:00:00Z"^^ . "f2f" . "The course will start with describing climate change and the role of forests to mitigate it. It will show how forest sequester carbon and control global warming. Students work on a small group project where they define a REDD+ project for a specific country. Then in lectures biomass/ carbon stock will be introduced as well as methods to assess that using various remotely sensed data such as optical satellite and airborne images, UAV, Lidar and Radar data. The students will practice on different types of real life case studies using various types of remotely sensed data to assess and map biomass and carbon stock in difference forest ecosystems. The course will also model carbon sequestration by using case studies dealing with multi-temporal remotely sensed data. Theory of fire and fire spreading will be explained in order to understand how fire behavior affects carbon emission and climate change and students practice during a case study\n\n \n\nThe course will end with a small group project where students evaluate different tools and techniques for the project they specified in the first week."@en . . . . . . . . "GIS and Remote sensing skills"@en . . . "3"^^ . "4" . "2B " . "2023-04-23T22:00:00Z"^^ . "The greenhouse effects and the carbon cycle, in particular carbon emissions and carbon sequestration, are at the heart of climate change, one of the most pressing challenges the earth is facing. Global institutions like the UNFCCC, and IPCC all address these challenges, resulting in initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, such as Kyoto protocol.\nThis establishes an explicit link with the International Environmental Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals.\n\n \n\nFor identification and development of policy instruments in order to handle the impacts of the foreseeable changes in the carbon cycle, accurate quantification of the various components in the carbon cycle forms a core need. Moreover, for the mitigation of adverse climate effects and, in the end, sustainability of livelihoods in many parts of the earth sound assessment and monitoring tools are required.\n\n \n\nWithin the carbon cycle, forestry in the broad sense forms the principal scientific area for research including, stocks emissions (sources) and sequestration (sinks). Afforestation, reforestation and deforestation are the current Kyoto focal areas, but sustainable forest management, including certification, and the assessment and prevention of forest degradation are also considered in the so-called post-Kyoto period. Due to size, inaccessibility of the forest resources, and international requirements for a uniform methodology of Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV), quantification of the carbon cycle components in both space and time leans heavily on remote sensing, GIS modelling and related statistical tools."@en . "The Role of Forests in Climate Change Mitigation"@en . . "Role of Forests in Climate Change Mit."@en . "Role of Forests in Climate Change Mit."@en . . . "Learning outcome"@en . . "Understand carbon cycle and its effect on climate change."@en . "Understand carbon cycle and its effect on climate change."@en .