For the first time worldwide, free & ready-to-use high-resolution satellite data is now available to monitor forests & help reduce emissions from deforestation & forest degradation. The monitoring system has been launched by FAO and other partners as part of the Global Forest Resources Assessment. The monitoring system delivers data in a global sample grid [...]
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New tool: Global forest monitoring
Posted in fao, global, news items on 23 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News: UN-REDD Programme launched
Posted in fao, funding, global, news items, un-redd, undp on 24 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New UN scheme seeks to combat climate change from deforestation
United Nations | 24 September 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced a pioneering initiative aimed at combating climate change through creating incentives to reverse the trend of deforestation, at an unveiling with Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg.
The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation [...]
News: FRA 2010 survey
Posted in assessment, fao on 31 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FAO place the spotlight on forest monitoring
Environmental Expert | 16 July 2008
SPAIN: Earlier this year, countries and FAO reconfirmed their commitment to jointly prepare the next Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA), a comprehensive data collection on the state of the world’s forests which is scheduled for release in 2010. As part of the FRA 2010, [...]
