Using Geospatial Technology To Map The Forest Carbon Stock In Cuc Phuong National Park

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

VIETNAM FORESTRY UNIVERSITY

STUDENT THESIS

Title

USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY TO MAP

THE FOREST CARBON STOCK IN CUC PHUONG NATIONAL PARK

Major: Natural Resources Management

Code: D850101

Faculty: Forest Resources and Environmental Management

Student: Hoang The Trung Student ID: 1253090037

Class: K57 Natural Resources Management Course: 2012 - 2016

Advanced Education Program

Developed in collaboration with Colorado State University, USA

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phung Van Khoa

Co-supervisor:

Ha Noi, October 2016

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With the consent of Vietnam National University of Forestry, Faculty of Forest

resources and Environment Management, I carried out the thesis named “Using geospatial

technology to map the forest carbon in Cuc Phuong National Park“.

Firstly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor Assoc. Prof.

Phung Van Khoa for the continuous support of my study and related research, for his

patience, motivation, and immense knowledge. His guidance helped me in all the time of

research and writing of this thesis. I could not have imagined having a better advisor and

mentor for my study. I am also thankful to Prof. Lee MacDonald for guiding me to

construct thesis proposal. His comments and criticism on my proposal helped me to present

better final thesis.

Secondly, I deeply appreciate the support MSc. Do Van Lap, MSc. Nguyen Ngoc

Cuong, Mr. Nguyen Quang Hau and the staffs working in Cuc Phuong National Park for

the enthusiastic help during my works.

Thirdly, I would like to express my gratitude to one and all who, directly or

indirectly, have lent their helping hand in this venture.

Finally, I would also like to thank a lot my family for their understanding, patience

during my study and supporting me spiritually throughout my life.

Due to the limited knowledge and experiences, this report is not finalized yet. I am

looking forward to receiving feedback from teachers and friends to improve this thesis.

Hanoi, October, 2016

Hoang The Trung

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LIST OF TABLE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.....................................................................................................ii

LIST OF TABLE..................................................................................................................iii

LIST OF ABRREATION ......................................................................................................v

LIST OF TABLE..................................................................................................................vi

LIST OF FIGURE ...............................................................................................................vii

ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................viii

I. INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................1

II. GOALS AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES .........................................................................4

2.1. Goals...............................................................................................................................4

2.2. Scope of object................................................................................................................4

2.3. Specific objectives..........................................................................................................4

III. STUDY AREA AND METHODOLOGY ......................................................................5

3.1. Study area .......................................................................................................................5

3.2. Data sources....................................................................................................................7

3.3. Methodology...................................................................................................................7

3.3.1.Create image classification ...........................................................................................8

3.3.2. Mapping forest status.................................................................................................11

3.3.3. Mapping forest volume..............................................................................................11

3.3.4 Mapping Carbon Stock. ..............................................................................................12

IV. RESULTS......................................................................................................................14

4.1. Land cover classification map of Cuc Phuong National Park ......................................14

4.2. The forest volume map in Cuc Phuong National Park of Cuc Phuong commune........22

4.3. The map of forest carbon in Cuc Phuong National Park of Cuc Phuong commune ....24

4.4. Mapping the Carbon Dioxide absorbed ........................................................................25

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4.3. Proposing solutions to improve the management of forests in Cuc Phuong commune28

V. DISCUSSION.................................................................................................................30

VI. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................31

REFERENCES

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