R&D efforts, coordination, and needs towards

operational forest monitoring systems

Brice Mora

Our Common Future Under Climate Change ConferenceParis, July 7-10, 2015

A Challenging Context

To an increasing demand for Earth observation data

for forest monitoring to respond to international policyrequirements (UNFCCC, UNCBD,...)

Responds an increasing access to Earth observation data

with long, denser time series

With challenges

multiple sensors, calculation intensive methods, accuracyassessment

and different forest change processes and drivers

Dense Satellite Data Time-series Analysis

Image background: SPOT5 (Feb 2011,

2.5m)

Credit: Ben de Vries, WUR

Opportunities

Advocate free and open access to Earth observation and fielddata.

Develop further, and use internationally agreed validationprocedures.

Coordinate activities such as R&D, fieldwork, and productdevelopment.

Strengthening coordination to facilitate access to

• Data

• Algorithms

• Processing capabilities

We, user communities,

need to coordinate further our activitiestogether with Space Agencies to developintegrated, adaptive forest monitoringsystems that respond to national andinternational policy requirements.

brice.mora@wur.nl

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