1. Forests 2020
Presented by
Richard Tipper
Ecometrica

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Information Sharing Infrastructure