The objective of this study was to apply 2 SPOT HRV images obtained on different dates to analyze the greenness values on land - use units in the Donshu National Forest. The normalized difference index was used to estimate the greenness on each SPOT HEV image. In the image preprocessing, the scattering contributions from atmosphere, skylight radiance and topographic effects were relieved by employing an image normalization procedure. To measure the changes between these 2 dates, this study combined image classification and statistical techniques to evaluate the results. The evaluated greenness value on each land-use polygon was transferred to a mean value that could be linked to the attribute table of a forest land-use thematic layer in the GIS database. This procedrue will be beneficial to forest-land monitoring and will provide useful information for futher spatial analysis with GIS. In addition, merging the SPOT HRV image with a panchromatic image and applying the change vector analysis in this study also proved helpful for detection of greenness change.