1. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Transparent Forest an ESA IAP project

2. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Background  Reliability of forest certification is too low, due to lack of independent data, large scale and remoteness of forests.  Transparency needs to be improved.  Certification burden is currently much bigger for small than for large forestry organizations.  FSC : world-wide 200 Mio ha certified forest. before 2007 2007 – 2008 2008 - 2009 Boreal forest concessions showing annual removals (generated from multi-temporal ALOS PALSAR-1 data). Value of space assets  Earth Observation products and in situ data availability increases reliability, transparency and fairness.  Certification tools including the integration of Earth Observation and GNSS/SATCOM products streamlines the process. Goals  Develop WebGIS environment, supporting the generation of customized maps for areas being certified.  Using Earth Observation and GNSS/SATCOM products to support certifiers and other stakeholders in decision-making.

3. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Service Overview Digital Surface Model Digital Terrain Model Earth Observation component Thematic products Biophysical products Auditing information Customized processing spaceborne SAR data spaceborne optical data WebGIS environment Forest Management Tool Forest Audit Tool Environmental Risk Tool Web-GIS Portal FSC Compliance reports and information Compliance with FSC criteria Benefits from the forest Forest resource management Forest condition Maintenance of HCV forest Environmental impact Georeferenced pictures Georeferenced reports Confirmatory photo records Records of disturbances Records of complaints Certificate Holder’s Forest Management Information System Forest management data Field survey data Earth Observation data Forest management units Forest plot data Allometric & yield models GNSS/SATCOM component

4. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Forest Plantation – forest area SPOT-4, 20 meter - August 2008 Forest Bare Soil Herbaceous

5. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Forest Harvested in 2008 no re-establishment Harvested in 2008 with re-establishment ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter - August 2007-2008 Forest Plantation – harvesting and re-planting

6. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Forest Plantation – timber volume ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter - August 2008

7. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Natural Forest – forest area and surrounding land cover ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter - October 2009 Forest Short vegetation/very rough soil Man made construction Urban Hard surface Wetland Water Rough soil Smooth bare soil/wet bare soil Very rough soil

8. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Natural Forest – clearfell areas 2007 2008 2009 before 2007 2007 - 2008 2008 - 2009 ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter

9. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Natural Forest – clearfell areas and seed trees Cosmo-SkyMed, 3m - November 2010

10. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Natural Forest – roads ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter - October 2009

11. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest WebGIS environment Earth Observation product Forest Management units Forest Management Tool Analysis Forest Management Tool Statistics

12. Space for Med Eyre consulting Transparent Forest Transparent Forest Thank you for your attention