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Digital forestry research in China

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Digital Forestry as a concept was developed after the Digital Earth program. The Chinese scientists were not only among the pioneers who first proposed the concept of Digital Forestry, but also contributed a lot to the development of Digital Forestry. Digital Forestry is a digital framework to maintain forest planting, management, using, and protect. The synergetic use of computationally-intensive quantitative methods together with information technologies is the most important foundation for the development of Digital Forestry. Under this situation, the experience of Digital Forestry development in China is relatively rich. A number of academicians, scholars, and professional administrators were involved in discussing the Digital Forestry Construction Scheme. The Project of Digital Forestry Practicability approved by the State Forestry Administration is a major instance in developing Digital Forestry standard and key techniques. By introducing a case study of Digital Forestry, this paper reviews the concept of Digital Forestry, the way turning traditional forestry into Digital Forestry, and the future development of Digital Forestry.

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  1. Research Institute of Resource Information Techniques, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China

    Tang Shouzheng

  2. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Tang Lina, Guofan Shao & Dai Limin

  3. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Guofan Shao

  4. Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Tang Lina

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Tang, S., Tang, L., Shao, G. et al. Digital forestry research in China. SCI CHINA SER E 49 (Suppl 1), 1–8 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-006-8101-5

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