Mapping and assessing typhoon-induced forest disturbance in Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve using time series Landsat imagery

Guo, Xiaoyi; Zhang, Hongyan; Wang, Yeqiao; Clark, John Pepper

doi:10.1007/s11629-014-3206-y

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“…Time-series remote sensing data have allowed for the reconstruction of the histories of disturbances induced by anthropogenic and natural impacts. Typical examples have included: the inventory and monitoring studies in NPs and PAs in a landscape context, such as in the Acadia NP and other northeastern U.S. NPs [12,35], the Yellowstone NP [36] and the Olympic NP of the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. [37]; for monitoring the interannual variability in snowpack and lake ice in southwest Alaska [38]; in the assessment of national forests of eastern U.S. [39]; in monitoring the land cover change and ecological integrity of Canada's national parks [40], such as the wildlife habitat changes in Kejimkujik NP and the national historic site in southern Nova Scotia of the Canadian Atlantic Coastal Uplands Natural Region [41]; in operational active fire mapping and burnt area identification to Mexican nature PAs [42]; in Tibetan Plateau [43] and Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve [44,45] of China.…”

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Remote Sensing Applications in Monitoring of Protected Areas

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Protected areas (PAs) have been established worldwide for achieving long-term goals in the conservation of nature with the associated ecosystem services and cultural values. Globally, 15% of the world’s terrestrial lands and inland waters, excluding Antarctica, are designated as PAs. About 4.12% of the global ocean and 10.2% of coastal and marine areas under national jurisdiction are set as marine protected areas (MPAs). Protected lands and waters serve as the fundamental building blocks of virtually all national and international conservation strategies, supported by governments and international institutions. Some of the PAs are the only places that contain undisturbed landscape, seascape and ecosystems on the planet Earth. With intensified impacts from climate and environmental change, PAs have become more important to serve as indicators of ecosystem status and functions. Earth’s remaining wilderness areas are becoming increasingly important buffers against changing conditions. The development of remote sensing platforms and sensors and the improvement in science and technology provide crucial support for the monitoring and management of PAs across the world. In this editorial paper, we reviewed research developments using state-of-the-art remote sensing technologies, discussed the challenges of remote sensing applications in the inventory, monitoring, management and governance of PAs and summarized the highlights of the articles published in this Special Issue.

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“…Notably, the No. 15 typhoon "Vera" destroyed approximately 0.01 million ha of forest in 1986 [13] (Figure 9e). In addition, conversions from forest to built-up areas accounted for 0.04 million ha or 25.26% of the total forest loss and was followed by the conversion from forest to cropland (0.04 million ha or 23.10%) ( Table 5, Figures 8 and 9).…”

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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Forest in the Transnational Area of Changbai Mountain from 1977 to 2015: A Comparative Analysis of the Chinese and DPRK Sub-Regions

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Abstract:The transnational area of Changbai Mountain (TACM) is crucial to sustainable development in Northeast Asia owing to its abundant forest, which helps in maintaining biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services. However, the spatiotemporal patterns of forest in the TACM have been poorly understood across the whole region. The objectives of this study were to quantify the spatiotemporal patterns of forest in the TACM from 1977 to 2015, investigate the causes of forest dynamics, and assess the impacts of forest dynamics on habitat quality. To do this, we first extracted the forest in the TACM from Landsat images acquired in 1977, 1988, 1999, 2007, and 2015 using visual interpretation. Then, we analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of forest in the TACM from 1977 to 2015 using landscape metrics and compared the dynamics of forest between the area in China and the area in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). After that, we investigated the driving forces of forest dynamics and the impacts of forest dynamics on habitat quality. We found that the TACM experienced a noticeable forest decrease-from 1.57 million ha in 1977 to 1.48 million ha in 2015, a decline of 5.78%-and underwent a forest fragmentation process. In particular, the sub-region in the DPRK had a much larger decrease (17.75%) than the sub-region in China (2.86%). We found that timber harvesting, urban expansion, agricultural reclamation, and typhoon disasters were the main driving forces behind forest decreases in the TACM. Specifically, agricultural reclamation was the most important factor in the DPRK sub-region, while urban expansion was the dominant factor in the Chinese sub-region. Furthermore, such forest loss and fragmentation has resulted in declines in habitat quality across both sides of the TACM. Thus, we suggest that more effective forest management with cooperation between China and DPRK is needed to maintain and improve forest coverage in the TACM.

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“…To achieve a balance between regional development and environmental protection in the CBMR, the Chinese government implemented a series of measures to improve the fragmented ecological environment [e.g., establishment of a National Nature Reserve in (1986) (Guo et al, 2014)], and then enacted several ecological restoration projects [e.g., Grain for Green Project in (1999) (Cao et al, 2009) and Natural Forest Protection Project in (2000) (Wei et al, 2014)]. Recent studies have shown that these land use decisions significantly enhanced the CBMR carbon sink, and reduced wind-sand erosion (Mao et al, 2019).…”

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Impacts of Future Climate and Land Use/Cover Changes on Water-Related Ecosystem Services in Changbai Mountains, Northeast China

Wang

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Sustaining ecosystem services in alpine regions is a pressing global challenge given future accelerating environmental changes. Understanding how future climate change and land use/cover change (LUCC) drive ecosystem service will be important in this challenge. However, few studies have considered the combined effects of future climate change and LUCC on ecosystem services. We assessed water yield and soil retention services and their drivers in the Changbai mountains region (CBMR) from the 2020 to 2050s using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model and factor control experiments. Water yield decreased by 2.80% and soil retention increased by 6.14% over the 30 years. Climate change decreased water yield and increased soil retention, while LUCC decreased both water yield and soil retention. The interactive effects between climate change and LUCC had relatively small inhibitory effects on water yield and large facilitation effects on soil retention. Changes in water yield were mainly attributed to climate change, while soil retention was largely influenced by interaction. Our study highlights the individual and interactive contributions of future climate change and land use to ecosystem service in the mountains region, which can provide important information for informed future land management and policy making for sustaining diverse ecosystem services.

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Mapping and assessing typhoon-induced forest disturbance in Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve using time series Landsat imagery

Cited by 16 publications

References 32 publications

Remote Sensing Applications in Monitoring of Protected Areas

Remote Sensing Applications in Monitoring of Protected Areas

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Forest in the Transnational Area of Changbai Mountain from 1977 to 2015: A Comparative Analysis of the Chinese and DPRK Sub-Regions

Impacts of Future Climate and Land Use/Cover Changes on Water-Related Ecosystem Services in Changbai Mountains, Northeast China

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