National Deforestation Monitoring System (NDMS)
Deforestation in Canada is estimated with the National Deforestation Monitoring System (NDMS). Details describing this process are published here: https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=36042.
Deforestation is the direct human-induced conversion of forested land to non-forested land use. Canada’s National Deforestation Monitoring System (NDMS) was designed and implemented to provide information needed by Canada to meet its obligation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to report the areas affected annually by deforestation. It also provides important information for the public, government policy makers, and scientists. To provide information about the amount of deforestation and why, where, and when it occurred in Canada, the NDMS uses deforestation mapped on a system of sample areas. The mapping is based on visual interpretation of satellite imagery supported by available ancillary information, such as high resolution imagery, forest inventory, and industrial databases, and informed by records-based information and expert knowledge. Accurate detection and mapping of deforestation events involves manual interpretation of satellite remote sensing imagery by specialized analysts. A key factor in the mapping is to distinguish deforestation from other forest cover losses that occur in Canada. The NDMS was designed to make use of all available lines of evidence and be flexible to accommodate variable resourcing levels. This system has been producing national deforestation monitoring results annually since 2006. The flexibility of the NDMS’s design makes it possible to adapt to future changes in data and resource availability, and positions the program well for sustained operational delivery into the future.
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- Date ( RI_367 )
- 2023-08-23
- Date ( RI_366 )
- 2023-07-14
- Status
- onGoing; enContinue RI_596
- Maintenance and update frequency
- annually; annuel RI_539
- Keywords ( RI_529 )
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- Deforestation Maps Forestry Environment
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- Canada
- Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
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- Deforestation
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- Forestry
- Environment
- Use limitation
- Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
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- license; licence RI_606
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- license; licence RI_606
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- vector; vecteur RI_635
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- eng; CAN
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- Environment
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- Begin date
- 1970-01-01
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 /
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National Deforestation Monitoring System Estimates Excel
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Dataset;XLSX;eng
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National Deforestation Monitoring System (NDMS) Reporting Zones of Canada Shapefile
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National Deforestation Monitoring System (NDMS) Reporting Zones of Canada
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Web Service;WMS;eng
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National Deforestation Monitoring System (NDMS) Reporting Zones of Canada
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Web Service;WMS;fra
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Canada’s National Deforestation Monitoring System: System Description
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Supporting Document;PDF;eng
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Canada’s National Deforestation Monitoring System: System Description
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Supporting Document;PDF;fra
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National Deforestation Monitoring System StoryMap
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Supporting Document;HTML;eng
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National Deforestation Monitoring System StoryMap
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Supporting Document;HTML;fra
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- d0b4f5b9-8123-472f-affc-245df0d11c21 XML
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
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- utf8; utf8 RI_458
- Hierarchy level
- dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
- Date stamp
- 2023-08-22T19:08:41
- Metadata standard name
- North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
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