Towards global oil palm plantation mapping using remote-sensing data

• Main Authors: Cheng, Yuqi, Yu, Le, Xu, Yidi, Liu, Xiaoxuan, Lu, Hui, Cracknell, Arthur Philip, Kanniah, Kasturi Devi, Gong, Peng
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2018
• Subjects: G70.39-70.6 Remote sensing
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85295/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1492182
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In recent decades, palm oil, which forms one of the world’s major bulk feedstock and oil crops, has been cultivated at an increasing scale to meet new demand. Oil palm expansion has driven not only socio-economic development but also serious ecological problems and environmental pollution through de...