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Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz
Researcher at Food and Agriculture Organization
Publications - 7
Citations - 487
Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz is an academic researcher from Food and Agriculture Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Land use & Land use, land-use change and forestry. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 6 publications receiving 359 citations.
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The extent of forest in dryland biomes
Jean-François Bastin,Jean-François Bastin,Nora Berrahmouni,Alan Grainger,Danae Maniatis,Danae Maniatis,Danilo Mollicone,Rebecca Moore,Chiara Patriarca,Nicolas Picard,Ben Sparrow,Elena Maria Abraham,Kamel Aloui,Ayhan Ateşoğlu,Fabio Attore,Çağlar Bassüllü,Adia Bey,Monica Garzuglia,Luis G. García-Montero,Nikée Groot,Greg R. Guerin,Lars Laestadius,Andrew J. Lowe,Bako Mamane,Giulio Marchi,Paul L. Patterson,Marcelo Rezende,Stefano Ricci,Ignacio Salcedo,Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz,Fred Stolle,Venera Surappaeva,Rene Castro +32 more
TL;DR: An estimate of global forest extent in dryland biomes is reported, based on analyzing more than 210,000 0.5-hectare sample plots through a photo-interpretation approach using large databases of satellite imagery at very high spatial resolution and very high temporal resolution, available through the Google Earth platform.
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Collect Earth: Land Use and Land Cover Assessment through Augmented Visual Interpretation
Adia Bey,Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz,Danae Maniatis,Giulio Marchi,Danilo Mollicone,Stefano Ricci,Jean-François Bastin,Rebecca Moore,Sandro Federici,Marcelo Rezende,Chiara Patriarca,Ruth Turia,Gewa Gamoga,Hitofumi Abe,Elizabeth Kaidong,Gino Miceli +15 more
TL;DR: This study provides a full overview of Collect Earth’s structure and functionality, and presents the methodology used to undertake land monitoring through augmented visual interpretation, and an example of land monitoring in Papua New Guinea is presented.
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Medium- (MR) and Very-High-Resolution (VHR) Image Integration through Collect Earth for Monitoring Forests and Land-Use Changes: Global Forest Survey (GFS) in the Temperate FAO Ecozone in Europe (2000–2015)
Luis G. García-Montero,Cristina Pascual,Susana Martín-Fernández,Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz,Chiara Patriarca,Pablo Martín-Ortega,Danilo Mollicone +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Global Forest Survey (GFSGFS) integrating medium- (MR) and very-high-resolution (VHR) images through the FAO's Collect Earth platform was used to monitor land use, land-use changes, and forestry (LULUCF).
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Land Use Sustainability Monitoring: “Trees Outside Forests” in Temperate FAO-Ecozones (Oceanic, Continental, and Mediterranean) in Europe (2000–2015)
Luis G. García-Montero,Cristina Pascual,Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz,Susana Martín-Fernández,Pablo Martín-Ortega,Fernando García-Robredo,Carlos Calderón-Guerrero,Chiara Patriarca,Danilo Mollicone +8 more
TL;DR: This article analyzed more than 11,150 sample GFS plots in temperate FAO-ecozones in Europe through a photo-interpretation approach using FAO's Collect Earth platform.
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Toward a More Representative Monitoring of Land-Use and Land-Cover Dynamics: The Use of a Sample-Based Assessment through Augmented Visual Interpretation Using Open Foris Collect Earth
Danae Maniatis,Daniel Dionisio,Laura Guarnieri,Giulio Marchi,Danilo Mollicone,Carmen E. Morales,Alfonso Sanchez-Paus Díaz +6 more
TL;DR: Collect Earth is a free, user-friendly, and open-source software for land monitoring developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as discussed by the authors.