adopted IPCC2003, 2006. In this Project to approach, it was decided to prepare land u
combining remote sensing technology with field s In Lao PDR, so far the FIPD has implemen
Inventory Surveys once every five years. Def changed recent year to 1 Tree height: 5m o
density: 20 or more, and 3 Area: 0.5ha or g bearing in mind the land use categories six ma
for gauging forest carbon stock based on land us guidelines, etc., 11definitions and classifica
classification categories suited to estimating of deforestation and forest degradation were esta
Table 2, while taking consistency with existing prepared by the FIPD in Lao PDR into account.
Land UseCover Category 1. Current Forest
7. Plantation 2 2. Plantation 1
8. Grassland 3. Unstocked Forest
9. Others 4. Bamboo
10. Water 5. Ray
11. Cloud 6. Crop Land
Table 2 Land usecover category
3.1.3 Satellite Image Analyses for Land U
The necessary technical system was constructed components: geometric correction and georeferen
multispectral analyses based on the ISODATA m and labelling of land usecover categories, i
usecover maps, correction of classification resul over time patterns and topographic information, s
on field survey and visual interpretation of images LPB province was covered by two or more sate
Thus, land usecover maps classified from ind mosaiced to form a land usecover map that cover
A post-classification analysis was also perf misclassifications due to seasonal changes or
Finally, results from image interpretation and cor maps were merged into a final classificat
representing cloudcloud shadows from one time by land usecover from another time period. Ta
land usecover maps in this study. 1993
1996 2000
200 LPB
Pakxen Khamk
Phongx : LANDSATTM,SPOT,
◎: Table 3 Land usecover maps prepared
3.1.4 Forest Cover Changes and Reference S
show historical trends of forest cover changes o Pakxeng district. Forest cover changes in LPB i
t too, based on similar usecover maps upon
ld surveys.
ented National Forest efinition of forest had
or higher, 2 Crown greater. In this Project,
ain headings required use models in the IPCC
cation level II forest of carbon stock due to
stablished as shown in ing forest survey maps
UseCover Mapping:
ted out of the following rencing, pre-processing,
method, classification , integration into land
sults considering change , supplementation based
ges and so on. satellite imagery scenes.
individual scenes were vers the whole province.
erformed to minimize or radiometric noises.
orrected land use cover cation. Masked areas
e period were replaced Table 3 shows a list of
004 2007
2010
:AVNIR2 ◎
ed in the Study
e Scenarios: Figure 2
of LPB province and B indicate that “Current
Forest” areas decreased, while “Unsto historical trend is observed for Pak
Current Forest and Unstocked Forest to 2007 in Pakxeng. Reference scenar
to estimate the potential REDD+ credi
LPB province Pa Figure 5 Historical trends of forest cov
3.1.5 Accuracy Analysis of Land
