<正>简述了遥感技术目前在林业中的应用情况，介绍了其技术最新发展的特点，着重分析了高分辨率卫星图像在林业中的应用潜力。

The application of remote sensing for forest resource investigation was briefly summarized, and the lately development of remote sensing technology was introduced in this paper. In addition, the possible result using high_resolution satellite image in forestry was analysed.