№1, 2021
Assessment of the processes of change in the forests of the Zangilan district using remote sensing
Summary
The purpose of the article is to study the relationship between changes in the forests of SamurYalama National Park and forest change trends in other regions of the country. Based on this, the forests of Zangilan district of Azerbaijan were initially studied and compared with the research area. Zangilan district, located in the south-west of Azerbaijan has very rich biodiversity as part of the Lesser Caucasus ecosystem region. This area has been under occupation for a long time and it is important to study the impact of this process on vegetation. The study used a chlorophyll indexing method (CIgreen) based on the reflection of chlorophyll in the leaf, which is identical to the previous study. Multispectral images of the Landsat satellite, a product of remote sensing technology from 1992 to 2017 were used. The results of the analysis show that the density of forests in the region has decreased. The area occupied by water resources increased (-1) 999 hectares, open soil cover (0) by 13,832 hectares, the most dense forests (3) decreased by 1082 hectares, dense forests by 10171 hectares, forests of medium density or sparse forests, as well as shrub vegetation by 3579 hectares. Dense forest vegetation was replaced by forests of medium density or shrub vegetation. There was a significant decrease in comparison with the forests of the Samur-Yalama National Park.