In Situ and Other indicators for Decline in vegetation cover/biomass

In situ and other indicator for Decline in Vegetation Cover

• Climate time-series

• Land surface temperature

• Evapotraspiration

• Land use/land cover

• Biodiversity Index

• Forest structure

• Invasive species cover (%)

• Weeds cover (%)

• Land Net Primary Productivity (gC/m²/day)

• Vegetation and habitat map

• Phenology map

• Green infrastructures

• Landscape elements 

• Areas affected by wildfires

Other Indicator(s):

 SDG 15.3.1 - "proportion of land that is degraded over total land area":

• Land Cover (LC) change (Trend in LC)

• Loss of habitat quality

• Burnt Areas

• Fragmentation Index

• Areas of potential impact

• Density of artificial LC

ESA (I) - Environmentally Sensitive Areas to Desertification (Index)

• Vegetation Quality Index (VQI)