The potential application domains of VEGETATION data are:
For agriculture
Monitoring, forecast of the great cereal production Unusual events impact: drought, frost, flood, parasitic attacks... Agro-climatologic stratification
For forestry
Deforestation monitoring Human activities impact (slash-and-burn farming...) Tropical, temperate and boreal forests influence on global change
For environment
Land use Demographic evolution impact Biosphere process understanding Atmosphere and climate interaction (gas and water exchange, greenhouse effect evolution...)