Remote sensing survey

Distribution of forests

Trend statistics

Distribution of forests

Distribution of forests

MODIS 250m (tree cover)

Trend statistics

Trend statistics

1975

1990

2000

2005

Land cover classes

LCCS as the framework

Starting point:• Tree cover• Shrubs• Mosaic• Other vegetated land• Burnt area• Non-vegetated land• Water• No data including cloud cover

Land use classes

Forest

Other wooded land

Other land with tree cover

Grassland/range/herbaceous

Agricultural crops

Built-up area

Other non-vegetated areas

Water

No data

Implementation

• Common framework and classification system

• High degree of flexibility

• Involvement of national teams

• Support to countries

Data acquisition

Pre- processing

Decentralisedinterpretation

Upload of results

Analyses &reporting

Pre-processing

Expected outputs

Regional, biome and global trends related to forests 1975-1990-2000-2005:

• area change statistics• information on land use dynamics

Forest maps

A framework to support further monitoring of forests, land use and the environment

Baseline data for research, modeling...

Partners

Countries: national agencies, regional hubsFAOJRCUniversities (SDSU, UMD, Jena, Boston, Mississippi) USGS/EROS data centerNASAHeinz CenterWorld BankUNEP WRI, CIGOFC-GOLDGEO SecretariatOpen to others

Recent meetings

JRC, Ispra, 28-29 Sept. 2006 (Methodology)

DC, 18-19 Oct. 2006

(Partnerships)

Rome, 18-19 Dec. 2006 (Work Plans)

JRC, Ispra, 1-2 Mar. 2007 (Methodology)

Input from UNECE ToS

• Review of proposed methodology• Identification of focal points• Proposal for how to implement in

UNECE• Regional approach for North

America• Tool for validating forest/non-forest

map for Europe