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Forest Ecology and Conservation Group (Coomes Lab)

Cambridge UK carbon conservation deforestation forest dynamics lasers remote sensing restoration

The Forest Ecology and Conservation Group (or Coomes Lab) is a team of researchers in the Conservation Research Institute and the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge . The group uses high-resolution remote sensing to understand how forests are responding to global environmental change, with projects exploring forest biodiversity , conservation, and ecological dynamics. Research from the group also contributes to the University of Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation.

Airborne Laser Scanning

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Screenshot of airborne laser scanning diagram, Coomes Lab. Image source: Forest Ecology and Conservation Group [screenshot]. Retrieved 19 June 2022, from https://coomeslab.org/projects/

Researchers in the Forest Ecology and Conservation Group are using airborne laser scanning (ALS) and hyperspectral imaging to examine individual trees and the forest canopy over large areas, with a focus on the impacts of logging, deforestation, and forest conversion to oil palm. They are also interested in how the imaging data offered by these technologies can support plant species identification and forest biodiversity and biomass estimation.

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