A map of the extent and year of detection of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand
Open Access
- 30 March 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Scientific Data
- Vol. 8 (1), 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00867-1
Abstract
In recent decades, global oil palm production has shown an abrupt increase, with almost 90% produced in Southeast Asia alone. To understand trends in oil palm plantation expansion and for landscape-level planning, accurate maps are needed. Although different oil palm maps have been produced using remote sensing in the past, here we use Sentinel 1 imagery to generate an oil palm plantation map for Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand for the year 2017. In addition to location, the age of the oil palm plantation is critical for calculating yields. Here we have used a Landsat time series approach to determine the year in which the oil palm plantations are first detected, at which point they are 2 to 3 years of age. From this, the approximate age of the oil palm plantation in 2017 can be derived.Keywords
Funding Information
- International Climate Initiative of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
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