SPOT-4 satellite image of the forests in the central part of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth (CASRE) in the Ukraine has carried out studies of forests in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone of Ukraine and boreal forests of Siberia together with the International Institute of Applied System Analysis (IIASA).
The goal of the project is to improve the interpretation of satellite images, evaluate carbon cycle changes and the vegetation carbon cycle within the boreal forest of Ukraine and other areas to conform with Kyoto Protocol obligations.