GFOI

Integrating global AFOLU datasets into national carbon inventory systems Under the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) umbrella, Cambodia's Ministry of Environment hosted a two-week workshop with the goal of integrating global agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) datasets into national carbon inventory and reporting systems. The workshop brought together Southeast Asian government...

Following the enriching session “Reconciling anthropogenic land use emissions” of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Expert Meeting from 9 to 11 July 2024 in Ispra, Italy, it is evident that the utilization of Earth Observations in national inventories is highly valuable to track progress towards the targets of...

The US Forest Service International Programme organized the workshop “South-South cooperation on the operationalization of the NFMS” from 9 to 11 July 2024 in Douala, Cameroon, to enable countries in the Congo Basin to share their experiences on the establishment and operationalization of their national forest monitoring systems (NFMSs). Experts from Cameroon, the Central...

The Ministry of Forestry of Fiji organized the “National Forest Monitoring System Country Led Planning Workshop” from 28 to 29 May 2024 in Suva, Fiji, with support provided by the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) as part of the new Country-Led Planning (CLP) initiative. The workshop enabled a comprehensive discussion...

The Australian Government and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) signed into effect their partnership for the upcoming Landsat Next satellite mission on 21 March 2024 to enhance the ability of governments to sustainably manage their land, surface water and resource use. With a robust historical archive of the Earth’s surface, Landsat satellites have...

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) hosted its first in-person conference of the year among its lead representatives at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy, on 22 March 2024. This momentous occasion signified the ongoing value of face-to-face dialogue in an era...