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GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks Summit Thursday September 14, 2017, Tbilisi, Georgia
REDD+ assessment and reporting: opportunities for GOFC GOLD Regional Networks Pontus Olofsson
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GOFC-GOLD RN 11/18/2018 GOFC-GOLD RN unique position – connecting universities, NGOs and Gov’t to facilitate: NEEDS Climate change; increasing atmospheric CO2; global deforestation; REDD+ Remote sensing advancements: time series analysis, OBIA, statistical inference, etc. ADVANCEMENTS TOOLS Free open-source software; guidance and documentation; educational materials CAPACITY BUILDING Capacity building needs in tropical countries; SilvaCarbon, NASA, GOFC-GOLD, FAO, etc. EARTH OBS. DATA Quality and quantity of RS data; Landsat archive, L-9/10/…, LGAC; Sentinel-2; high res. data We want the advancements to trickle down into CP but in order for that to happen we need to provide software and training material that is in line with recent development -- hence, BEEODA
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Example of process: area estimation
GOFC-GOLD RN 11/18/2018 Example of process: area estimation UNFCCC/REDDreporting requires unbiased estimation w/ uncertainty Journal articles Olofsson et al (2013;2014); Stehman (2014); McRoberts (2011); etc. International guidance: GFOI Methods & Guidance; IPCC GPG; GOFC Sourcebook Open-source software support to implement estimation protocols Hands-on training and implementationSilvaCarbon, GOFC-GOLD/NASA, UN-FAO
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Evolution of BU efforts
GOFC-GOLD RN 11/18/2018 Evolution of BU efforts : two to three-week hands-on workshops at USGS/BU using proprietary software – not ideal Aug. 2014: USAID workshop in Peru on estimation using open- source but no VM – better but issues Jul./Aug. 2015: START/GOFC-GOLD/NASA workshop at BU using BEEODA – successful solution Fall 2015: used in BU remote sensing course Since 2016: on-the-road workshops in U.S., Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Peru
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11/18/2018 GOFC-GOLD RN
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Web: http://beeoda.org GitHub: http://github.com/ceholden
GOFC-GOLD RN 11/18/2018 Web: GitHub:
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