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Decrease in forest above-ground biomass in war-damaged forests of Ukraine: A case study using GEDI, Sentinel-2 data, and the GEE platform Cover

Decrease in forest above-ground biomass in war-damaged forests of Ukraine: A case study using GEDI, Sentinel-2 data, and the GEE platform

Open Access
|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Study sites in Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine: Kuzmyne at the bottom left, Metolkine at the bottom center, Bobrove at the bottom right (damaged forests are shown in red)
Study sites in Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine: Kuzmyne at the bottom left, Metolkine at the bottom center, Bobrove at the bottom right (damaged forests are shown in red)

Figure 2.

GEDI sample points on the polygon fragments: Kuzmyne at the left, Metolkine at the center, Bobrove at the right
GEDI sample points on the polygon fragments: Kuzmyne at the left, Metolkine at the center, Bobrove at the right

Figure 3.

Reference and predictions of AGB in Kuzmyne site
Reference and predictions of AGB in Kuzmyne site

Figure 4.

Reference and predictions of AGB in Metolkine site
Reference and predictions of AGB in Metolkine site

Figure 5.

Reference and predictions of AGB in Bobrove site
Reference and predictions of AGB in Bobrove site

Figure 6.

NDVI values from July 2020 to September 2025 for the Kuzmyne site
NDVI values from July 2020 to September 2025 for the Kuzmyne site

Figure 7.

NDVI values from July 2020 to September 2025 for the Metolkine site
NDVI values from July 2020 to September 2025 for the Metolkine site

Figure 8.

NDVI values from June 2020 to June 2025 for the Bobrove site
NDVI values from June 2020 to June 2025 for the Bobrove site

Percent of AGB for 3 sites

YearsKuzmyneMetolkineBobrove
2019100100100
202099.7898.3499.25
202199.6797.7831.29
202226.3130.2428.25
202321.3228.5627.17
202414.9125.1324.76
20258.9224.7723.34
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2026-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
Language: English
Page range: 33 - 45
Submitted on: Dec 19, 2025
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Accepted on: Feb 25, 2026
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Published on: Mar 17, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Ihor Kozak, Piotr Kociuba, Myroslava Mylenka, Victoria Gniezdilova, Nadiia Riznychuk, published by Forest Research Institute
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