Publications

Chan, J.C-W., N. Laporte, and R. DeFries. 2003. Texture classification of logging in tropical Africa using machine learning algorithms. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24:1401-1407. [277 KB PDF]

Sunderlin, W.D., O. Ndoye, H. Bikié, N. Laporte, B. Mertens, and J. Pokam. 2000. Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in southern Cameroon. Environmental Conservation 27: 284-290.  [1 MB PDF]

Laporte, N., S.J. Goetz, C.O. Justice, and M. Heinicke. 1998. A new land cover map of central Africa derived from multi-resolution, multi-temporal AVHRR data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19: 3537-3550. [745 KB PDF]

Laporte, N., C. Justice, and J. Kendall. 1995. Mapping the dense humid forest of Cameroon and Zaire using AVHRR satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 16: 1127-1145.

Book Chapters

Laporte, N.T., T.S. Lin, J. Le Moigne, D. Devers, and M. Honzák. 2004. Toward an integrated forest monitoring system for Central Africa. In: Gutman, G. (Ed.), Land Change Science: Observation, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth Surface. NASA Land Cover Land Change Program, pp. 97-110.

Wilkie, D. and N. Laporte. 2001. Forest area and deforestation in Central Africa: current knowledge and future directions. In: Weber, W., W. Vedder, S. Morland, and L. White (Eds.), African Rainforest Ecology and Conservation. Yale University Press, New Haven, pp. 119-138. [23 MB PDF]

Technical Reports

Laporte, N. 2003. Utilisation de la Télédétection pour la Gestion des Écosystèmes Forestiers du Nord Congo: Cas des UFA Kabo, Pokola et Loundoungou. Rapport Technique au Wildlife Conservation Society, New York. [2.4 MB PDF]

Plumptre, A., N. Laporte, and D. Devers. 2003. Threats to sites. In: Plumptre, A.J., M. Behangana, T.R.B. Davenport, C. Kahindo, R. Kityo, E. Ndomba, D. Nkuutu, I. Owiunji, P. Ssegawa, and G. Eilu (Eds.), The Biodiversity of the Albertine Rift. Albertine Rift Technical Reports No. 3, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, pp. 82-88. [546 KB PDF]

Conference Proceedings

Laporte N.T. and T.S. Lin. 2003. Monitoring logging in the tropical forest of Republic of Congo with Landsat imagery. Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 21-25 July 2003, Toulouse , France, Vol. IV:2565-2567. (1 MB PDF) [en francais][english]

Le Moigne, J., N. Laporte, and N.S. Netanyahu. 2001. Enhancement of tropical land cover mapping with wavelet-based fusion and unsupervised clustering of SAR and Landsat image data. Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), 17-21 September 2001, Toulouse , France. [696 KB PDF]

Posters

Laporte, N.T. and R.A. Houghton. 2005. Forest Biomass and Land-Use Change in Central Africa: Reducing Carbon Cycle Uncertainty. 2005 NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Science Team Meeting, 11-13 January 2005, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.

Lin, T.S. and N.T. Laporte. 2003. Using Aerial Videography to Validate Land Cover Map in the Tropical Rain Forest of Central Africa. 2003 AGU Fall Meeting, 8-12 December 2003, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. [1.8 MB PDF]

Laporte, N., A. Plumptre, and T. Lin. 2003. Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Albertine Rift of Uganda. IUCN 5th World Park Congress, 8-17 September 2003, Durban, South Africa. [1.2 MB PDF]

Lin, T.S., N.T. Laporte, and D. Devers. 2003. Impacts of Large-scale Selective Logging on Ecosystem Services in the Northern Republic of Congo. AGU Chapman Conference on Ecosystem Interactions with Land Use Change, 14-18 June 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. [4.5 MB PDF]

Laporte, N., D. Devers, and T. Lin. 2002. Monitoring Logging in Central Africa. 2002 NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change (LCLUC) Science Team Meeting, 20-22 November 2002, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. [2.5 MB PDF]

Presentations

Laporte, N. 2000. Le besoins d'informations pour l'analyse des chagements climatiques mondiaux. Atelier GOFC, 22-24 Fevrier 2000, Libreville, Gabon. [182 KB PDF]

Laporte, N. 2000. Le project NASA Pathfinder. Atelier GOFC, 22-24 Fevrier 2000, Libreville, Gabon. [1.2 MB PDF]

Laporte, N. 2000. Les données basse résolution pour le suivi de la dynamique de la végétation tropicale. Atelier GOFC, 22-24 Fevrier 2000, Libreville, Gabon. [1.7 MB PDF]