**5. Conclusions**

Remote sensing of biomass in miombo faces the following constraints:


However there are some opportunities that may be explored to improve data generation and analysis, thus a better understanding of this ecosystem:

1. Improved methods to estimate biomass in different compartments of the ecosystem (SMA, data fusion, etc.);


In face of the limitations and opportunities for the remote sensing of biomass in miombo, there are five research areas of interest in the region that can benefit from the advance of remote sensing techniques. The core areas presented below are general and can accommodate several research topics according to site particularities. The research themes are:

