Maps, airborne and satellite data, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are all part of the array of tools regularly used in inventory and forest management projects. These tools are used in particular to: pinpoint the forest zone and get an aerial view of it; establish and feed a forestry, ecological and socio-economic database; formulate development proposals based on this information and follow up and monitor programmes undertaken. This article describes the role of cartographic documents in management and development projects. It then analyses the input of data acquired about the canopy, and the role of GIS as management and development tools. Lastly, the application of these tools is illustrated by a study carried out in the Central African Republic.
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Pain-Orcet, M., Lo Seen, D., & Fauvet, N. (2000). Maps, remote-sensing and GIS as tools for the sustainable management of tropical forests in Central Africa. Bois et Forets Des Tropiques, (265), 8–20. Retrieved from <Go to ISI>://BIOSIS:PREV200100211679
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