Program Observations and Meeting Agenda Chris Justice LCLUC Project Scientist

Program Observations Recent Selections Increasing maturity of LCLUC social science aspects – some projects being led by social scientists South-Southeast Asia Regional Initiative Preparatory Syntheses (2012-2015) – LU/Carbon, Urban, Forest/Ag 2015 S. Asia Projects emphasis on forest (6), urban (1), agricultural land use (1), LU/health (1) 2016 SARI SE Asia emphases TBD Next Phase – Thursday Vadrevu presentation Building a regional program from individual unconnected NASA proposals (where the sum is to be more than the parts) > the contribution in the context of the larger body of regional science > critical role of regional science meetings to understand engage/partner w. regional scientists(co-funded meetings) Special Editions providing science synthesis-paper opportunities (Thank You – Krishna) Real interest from National Science Partners to further engage – connection to other opportunities (Peer, etc) Interest in understanding how to use NASA data for LU Science

Observations Continued Synthesis Proposals (in process of changing this element) 2016 Regional specific drivers (SE US), Island Systems, Land rush/grabs (+ 2015 Brown et al.) – future special edition? 2016 Caucasus Component - emphases (TBD) MODIS > MuSLI ? New high temporal resolution moderate resolution capability (S2, S1) – a potential game changer for LCLUC science First round funding was for prototyping Second round ‘product generation’ + additional prototyping Complementing not duplicating European efforts - as significant European investments being made Focus on unique contributions from moderate resolution capabilities Not duplicating HLS functionality Challenge of developing useful unfunded-partnerships – strengthening the activities – a coordinated Science Team Challenge of incomplete high frequency coverage Challenge of Funding Volume Data Processing - Exploring link to NASA’s Cloud Computing initiative

Looking Forward Regional Initiatives Beyond SARI (2019/20>)? Compelling science case for a regional LU Science Initiative Two potential candidates – further Discussion Tomorrow New LU Thematic Areas for future calls? e.g. Rangelands - further Discussion Tomorrow Potential Interdisciplinary Science Topics ? Stronger Relationship w. partner programs e.g. GLP Focus Areas: Forecasting in the land sector Managing land use interactions and tradeoffs Land conflicts The two areas we have discussed are S. America – globalization and land use change (e.g. markets and soybean expansions) Africa – integration of smallholders farmers into market economies and food security – link to SDG’s

Program Support Issues LCLUC Program Web Site – PLEASE update your profile and project publications regularly – Share your data sets (Metadata page) – Share your research news, media highlights – Share your PhD successes LCLUC Webinars & Newsletter – Be ready with your results to present at the webinar when requested – Submit your webinar ‘article’ prior to the Webinar for newsletter publication – Help us promote the webinars in your Dept. and with int. partners – Submit short newsletter write ups on papers, special editions, meetings LCLUC Facebook Page – Follow us on social media for latest updates! NASA LCLUC Spring Science Team Meeting 2017, Rockville, Maryland

NASA LCLUC Spring Science Team Meeting 2017, Rockville, Maryland LCLUC AGENDA OUTLINE Day 1 (Wed Apr 12) Session I Introduction Session(Garik, Chris) Session II LCLUC Invited Talks (Jack, Allison) Session III LCLUC in Mountainous Regions (Volker, Dan, Jeff, Giorgos, Andy, Geoff) Session IV Posters (2min rapid intro) Viewing and Reception (SGT) Day 2 (Thu Apr 13) Session V LCLUC Regional Synthesis Presentations (Volker, Karen, Dan, Peilei) Session VI MuSLI Project Updates (Salas, Chengquan, David, John, Chris, Marc, Matt) Session VII International Programs and Capacity Building (SARI) (Krishna, Nancy, Jiaquo) Session VIII Meeting Wrap Up (Garik, Chris ) NASA LCLUC Spring Science Team Meeting 2017, Rockville, Maryland