Management of Forest Resources and Environment 92 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NO 13 (2022) SELECTING VEGETATION INDEX FOR MAPPING LAND USE AND COVER CHANGE (2019 2021) TOWARD SUSTAINABL[.]
Management of Forest Resources and Environment SELECTING VEGETATION INDEX FOR MAPPING LAND USE AND COVER CHANGE (2019-2021) TOWARD SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT IN XAYTHANY DISTRICT, VIENTIANE LAO PDR Touksamphanh MAOKHAMPHIOU1,2, Pham Duy Quang1, Nguyen Hai Hoa1*, Vu Van Truong1, Le Phu Tuan1 Vietnam National University of Forestry Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Laos https://doi.org/10.55250/jo.vnuf.2022.13.092-102 SUMMARY Remote sensing technology offers an effective tool to monitor the changes in land use/cover over time This study tested five vegetation indices for land-use/cover mapping and SAVI was then selected with thresholds defined for land cover (SAVI > 0.52 for forest cover; SAVI > 0.21 and SAVI 0.05 and SAVI