CHAPTER 17 LAND COVER AND INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BREAKOUT SESSION REPORT Moderator: E. Terrence Slonecker, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Recorded by:

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• Environmental indicator
• Remote sensing
• Ecological indicator
• Geographic information system
• Environmental movement
• Landsat program
• Earth
• Environmental protection
• Environment

CHAPTER 3 SATELLITE LAND COVER MAPPING OF CANADA’S FORESTS: THE EOSD LAND COVER PROJECT Michael A. Wulder1*, Morgan Cranny1, Ronald J. Hall2, Joan Luther3, André Beaudoin4,

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• Natural Resources Canada
• Landsat 7
• Spaceflight
• Landsat program
• Forest
• Geographic information system
• Land cover
• Remote sensing
• Canadian Forest Service
• Earth
• Planetary science
• Physical geography

CHAPTER 7 APPLICATIONS OF NATIONAL LAND COVER MAPS IN UNITED STATES FORESTRY Kurt Riitters, USDA Forest Service, Research and Development, Southern Research Station, 3041 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

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• Geography
• Geographic information system
• Earth
• Physical geography
• Remote sensing
• Forest
• Land cover
• Satellite imagery
• Forest Survey of India
• Systems ecology
• Habitats
• Cartography

CHAPTER 1 THE UNITED STATES 2001 NATIONAL LAND COVER DATABASE Collin Homer*, Jon Dewitz†, Joyce Fry†, and Nazmul Hossain† *U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Sio

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• Science
• Planetary science
• Landsat 7
• Spaceflight
• Remote sensing
• Wetland
• Geographic information system
• Thematic Mapper
• ERDAS IMAGINE
• Earth
• Landsat program
• Geography

CHAPTER 13 Importance of Land Cover and Biophysical Data in Landscape-Based Environmental Assessments K. Bruce Jones, U.S. Geological Survey, Biology Discipline, Reston, Virginia USA ABSTRACT

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• Environmental design
• Impact assessment
• Social vulnerability
• Environmental impact assessment
• Prediction
• Environmental indicator
• Ecology
• Environmental economics
• Environment
• Earth

CHAPTER 6 FAO LAND COVER MAPPING INITIATIVES John Latham Environment and Natural Resources Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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• Environmental issues
• Forestry
• Ecosystems
• Food and Agriculture Organization
• United Nations Development Group
• Deforestation
• Land use
• Wetland
• Food security
• Environment
• Earth
• Food politics

CHAPTER 9 Terrestrial Ecosystems of South America Roger Sayre*, Jacquie Bow†, Carmen Josse+, Leonardo Sotomayor#, and Jerry Touval# *

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• Systems ecology
• Philosophy of biology
• Biogeography
• Ecosystems
• Habitats
• Ecoregion
• Biome
• Biodiversity
• Conservation biology
• Biology
• Environment
• Ecology

CHAPTER 5 Developing land cover and land use data sets for the Australian continent – a collaborative approach Michele Barson, Rob Lesslie, Jodie Smith and Jane Stewart

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• Land management
• Land use
• Regional science
• Geographic information system
• Land cover
• Wildfire
• Natural resource management
• Forest
• Remote sensing
• Earth
• Systems ecology
• Science

NORTH AMERICAN LAND COVER SUMMIT: INTRODUCTION Jonathan H. Smith* *U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia USA

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• Natural resources
• Regional science
• Biogeography
• Geography
• Land cover
• Environmental impact assessment
• Sustainability
• Hydrology
• Land use
• Environment
• Earth
• Environmental economics

Programme d’adhésion à l’AAG pour les régions en voie de développement L’AAG (Association of American Geographers) a créé une nouvelle catégorie d’adhésion pour les géographes résidant dans les régions

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