Satellite Monitoring for Forest Management

SMFM Project Resources

Project Tool Code:

Tool 1a&b: Activities for Land Cover/Use Mapping

Tool 2: Above-Ground Biomass Estimation

Tool 3: Deforestation & Degradation Mapping

Other:

Project Documents

SMFM Project Progress Updates:

SMFM Nairobi Regional Workshop Presentations

Satellite Monitoring for Forest Management Overview: Tuukka Castrén (World Bank)
The SMFM Project Update: Martin Schweter (LTS International Ltd.)
Platforms for Forestry: Frank-Martin Seifert (ESA)
Data Collection, Tool Calibration and Validation: Sam Bowers (LTS/University of Edinburgh)
SMFM Partner country Zambia: Abel Siampale (Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources- Forestry Department, Zambia)
SMFM Partner country Mozambique: Muri Soares (Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Mozambique)
Supporting Timely Evidence-based Decision Making through Geo-information Services: Robinson Mugo (SERVIR / RCMRD)
Forest2020 Project Experience: Sarah Middlemiss (Ecometrica)
Emerging evidence on the importance of degradation: Sam Bowers (LTS/University of Edinburgh)
Overview of Development Trends in the EO Sector: Andres Espejo (World Bank)
Uptake of new technologies, global examples: Martin Schweter (LTS International Ltd.)
Disruptive Technologies For Development: Meerim Shakirova (World Bank)
Future Biomass related missions: Frank-Martin Seifert (ESA)
Financing and economics of applying EO data: Tuukka Castrén (World Bank)

Other Resources:

Reiche, J., Hamunyela, E., Verbesselt, J., Hoekman, D., Herold, M. (2018), Improving near-real time deforestation monitoring in tropical dry forests by combining dense Sentinel-1 time series with Landsat and ALOS-2 PALSAR-2. Remote Sensing of Environment Volume 204, January 2018, pp 147-161.