Caribbean Vegetation and Land Cover

This project conducts remote sensing and landscape ecology research to benefit natural resource sustainability, biodiversity conservation, and disaster management in the Caribbean.  Collaborators include the U.S. Geological Survey, The Nature Conservancy, and Colorado State University, and scientists, foresters, and land planners from Caribbean countries.

Its objectives are to 1) develop a geospatial data infrastructure on natural and cultural resources, 2) develop remote sensing methods to detect and quantify the spatial distributions of terrestrial ecosystems, their species diversity and their ecosystem processes, and 3) understand the natural and socioeconomic factors influencing them.  To accomplish its goals, the team uses remotely sensed imagery and other geospatial data, climate data, forest inventory data and econometric and spatial modeling techniques. 

Below are links for more information about these projects:
Caribbean Land Cover Project
Caribbean Vegetation Mapping Project