Summary

Forest inventories serve as a primary source for above-ground biomass and carbon stock estimations. These inventories, however, are costly and time-consuming especially over large areas with difficult terrain. Multiple remote sensing techniques can facilitate forest inventories with above-ground biomass assessments, one of these methods is the use of vegetation indices. However, studies have shown varying results on the effectiveness of vegetation indices for estimating above-ground biomass. The aim of the present study is to determine if the use of vegetation indices is a suitable method for above-ground biomass estimations in a mixed dipterocarp forest in Sarawak.