简介：ThispaperhighlightstheresearchanddevelopmentactivitiesbeingdoneonurbanforestryinthePhilippines.TherolethatR&Dplaysinurbanforestryislikewisediscussedintheintroduction.Recommendedtreespeciesforurbanplantingarepresentedincludingtheircharacteristicsanddistribution.Researchesrelatedtourbanforestrybeingconductedarelistedwithashortdescriptionofeachproject.Developmentactivitiesonurbanforestryarelikewisediscussed.Finally,recommendedR&DagendaandresearchableareasbasedonthePhilippineAgenda21andtheDepartmentofEnvironmentandNaturalResources(DENR)R&DFrameworkarepresented.

简介：Background:Monitoringforesthealthandbiomassforchangesovertimeintheglobalenvironmentrequirestheprovisionofcontinuoussatelliteimages.However,opticalimagesoflandsurfacesaregenerallycontaminatedwhencloudsarepresentorrainoccurs.Methods:Toestimatetheactualreflectanceoflandsurfacesmaskedbycloudsandpotentialrain,3DsimulationsbytheRAPIDradiativetransfermodelwereproposedandconductedonaforestfarmdominatedbybirchandlarchinGenheCity,DaXing’AnLingMountaininInnerMongolia,China.Thecanopyheightmodel(CHM)fromlidardatawereusedtoextractindividualtreestructures(location,height,crownwidth).Fieldmeasurementsrelatedtreeheighttodiameterofbreastheight(DBH),lowestbranchheightandleafareaindex(LAI).SeriesofLandsatimageswereusedtoclassifytreespeciesandlandcover.MODISLAIproductswereusedtoestimatetheLAIofindividualtrees.CombiningalltheseinputvariablestodriveRAPID,high-resolutionopticalremotesensingimagesweresimulatedandvalidatedwithavailablesatelliteimages.Results:Evaluationsonspatialtexture,spectralvaluesanddirectionalreflectancewereconductedtoshowcomparableresults.Conclusions:Thestudyprovidesaproof-of-conceptapproachtolinklidarandMODISdataintheparameterizationofRAPIDmodelsforhightemporalandspatialresolutionsofimagereconstructioninforestdominatedareas.

简介：Themodernizationandinformatizationmanagementofancientandfamoustrees’managementisanimportantstandardwithwhichthemunicipalpublicresourcemanagementlevelofaregionorcitycanbemeasured.Designanddevelopmentofancientandfamoustrees’three-dimensionalmanagementinformationsystemwasrealizedbasedonvirtualplantbyusingintegratedtechniquesofvirtualplantsandGeographicInformationSystem.Thesystemarchitecturedesignwasdevelopedonthebasisoffunctionalrequirements,andthepracticalsystemwasachievedinVisualStudio2008developmenttoolsandOpenGLgraphicsstandards.Thesystemhasfunctionofancienttreesarchivesmanagement,three-dimensionalreconstructionofthetreessurroundingenvironment,individualtreeinformationinquiryinthree-dimensionalscene,etc.Applicationanddisseminationofthissystemwillgreatlypromotethemanagementandprotectionofancientandfamoustreesstandardization,informalizationandvisualization