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FAO Actions Related to GFOI Components
FAO history in forest monitoring and assessment
• Began in 1946 focused on commercial timber• Activities involving all countries with forest• Work in 1950’s and 1960’s included aerial
imagery and starting in the 1970’s expanded to Landsat
• Purposes:– Land classification and management– Forest resource change– Climate change mitigation
FAO actions supporting forest monitoring
• Including– Needs assessments– Methods and software development– National forest monitoring systems design– Technical assistance in implementation– Remote sensing support– Capacity building – Analysis and reporting
• Nearly all of this work is “Country engagement”
Context
• About 112 countries representing 80% of the world’s forest is measured by forest inventory
• Satellite or aerial imagery is used on about 70% of the inventoried area
• Repeated inventories are becoming more common – but still lacking
• Most often the most important constraints are not related to a lack of image access
Specific-GFOI related actions
• National forest inventory support:– Over 50 countries– Has covered commercial timber, fuelwood, carbon
stocks, multi-purpose– Estimated investment: >$100 million
• Land classification and mapping– Remote sensing and ground surveys– Estimated investment: >$30 million
Specific-GFOI related actions
• Capacity building (2005-present):– Over 130 countries– Long-term, short-term training plus institutional
development– Estimated investment: >$25 million
• Software and methods development (2010-present):– Change detection, OpenForis, SDMS, degradation– Estimated investment: >$15 million
Specific-GFOI related actions
• Remote sensing support:– Over 50 countries– Image acquisition, processing, mapping, analysis,
interpretation– Wall to wall and sample based– Estimated investment: >$30 million
Future plans
• Forest monitoring, assessment and reporting with countries is a permanent FAO mandate
• Investments in supporting member countries will continue
• REDD+ specific MRV targeted to >50 countries, forest monitoring work covers 234 countries and territories
• FAO is committed to communicating activities through GFOI network, participating in GFOI components and to supporting GFOI office