Forests 2020 Presented by Richard Tipper Ecometrica
Forests 2020 £14.2 million investment by UK to improve forest monitoring in 6 countries (Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Ghana and Kenya) UK investment matched by in international partners Broad definition of forest monitoring system, priorities set by partners (GHG-MRV, biodiversity, national policies) UK experts (Universities of Edinburgh, Leicester, Carbomap, Ecometrica) Testing a range of forest monitoring methods in window areas prior to scale-up
Forests 2020 Approach New methods of change detection Testing in Window Areas Mapping risks and opportunities Improved map products Information to national, regional, or local users Scaling-up and Production using Digital Infrastructure
Main Project Stages Inception- 6 month startup Define priorities, window areas, identify target stakeholders for improved mapping products Testing of Sept 2017 to December 2018 Develop and test improved products in window areas Scale-up and implementation January 2019 to March 2020 Roll out improved mapping products to end users, continued improvement in window areas Disseminate findings and experience through GFOI
Partner Countries Indonesia Brazil Mexico Colombia Kenya Ghana Tackling cloud cover, making products available more frequently Brazil Improve knowledge flow around forest-agriculture interface Mexico Work on scaling up / down national – state level forest monitoring efforts. Support monitoring of results based payments Colombia Developing datacube for time series analysis, risk mapping Kenya Integrating data / information from different sources Ghana Monitor agriculture-forest interface
Information Sharing Infrastructure