The Neotropical region comprises an extensive biogeographic region spanning Central America to South America, including the Caribbean islands. This region has a wide variation in climate, soil, and relief, which results in a great diversity of ecosystems. The Neotropics host the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon, and the most biodiverse savanna, the Brazilian Cerrado. However, human activities have imposed negative environmental changes. Deforestation, degradation, and climate change risk pushing the region's ecosystems to a tipping point.
This Research Topic brings together research across various disciplines, with findings based on remote sensing with a multi-spatial and temporal perspective. Studies of all types of Neotropical ecosystems will be welcome, including, but not limited to, humid forests, dry forests, montane forests, savannas, forest-savanna transition zones, and mangrove forests.
This Research Topic invites remote sensing studies assessing environmental changes, with a focus on historical changes, current status, and future predictions, that are related to:
• Climate change and its impacts
• The impacts of forest degradation and deforestation
• Ecosystem restoration
• Environmental changes with implications for Indigenous peoples and traditional communities.
The Neotropical region comprises an extensive biogeographic region spanning Central America to South America, including the Caribbean islands. This region has a wide variation in climate, soil, and relief, which results in a great diversity of ecosystems. The Neotropics host the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon, and the most biodiverse savanna, the Brazilian Cerrado. However, human activities have imposed negative environmental changes. Deforestation, degradation, and climate change risk pushing the region's ecosystems to a tipping point.
This Research Topic brings together research across various disciplines, with findings based on remote sensing with a multi-spatial and temporal perspective. Studies of all types of Neotropical ecosystems will be welcome, including, but not limited to, humid forests, dry forests, montane forests, savannas, forest-savanna transition zones, and mangrove forests.
This Research Topic invites remote sensing studies assessing environmental changes, with a focus on historical changes, current status, and future predictions, that are related to:
• Climate change and its impacts
• The impacts of forest degradation and deforestation
• Ecosystem restoration
• Environmental changes with implications for Indigenous peoples and traditional communities.