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The Forest Carbon Tracking Task represents an essential initiative among global organizations like ESA, CSIRO, JAXA, and USGS. Its primary objective is to create a comprehensive, operational global network for monitoring tropical forests, which is critical for meeting COP15 requirements. The task focuses on establishing standards and methods for Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) of forest carbon, ensuring interoperability, continuous improvement, and open access to satellite data. This collaboration aims to enhance national forest monitoring systems and provide reliable information to combat climate change effectively.
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GEO Forest Carbon Tracking Task Europe (ESA), Australia (CSIRO), Norway (NSC), Japan (JAXA), Canada (CSA), Brazil (INPE), USA (USGS), Thailand (GISTDA) FAO, GOFC-GOLD JRC-EC, Wageningen Univ, USDA, Woods Hole, Restec, NIES Symbios, Google
What is CEOS? 28 space agencies 20 participating organizations
CEOS Virtual Constellations Common requirements, independent satellites, compatible data (CEOS – Committee on Earth Observation Systems)
Forest Carbon Tracking – Task Force Is it feasible to monitor the world´s tropical forests?
The need • An operational global network of national forest monitoring systems • Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of forest in the COP15 agreement
Network of Forest Monitoring Systems Standards & Methods Reporting Accounting Systems UNFCCC Rules Country-X Forest Monitoring System Satellite In-situ Forest & Carbon Monitoring Carbon Models + Forest & Carbon Info Products Local Forest Measurementsites Capacity Building Verificat Local Observations /Data
Product Requirements • National level Forest information (border-to-border) - to avoid ‘leakage’ • Annual Change basis (i.e. time-series) • Resolution (best operationally available eg 25 m)
Time-Series & Interoperability Systematic Satellite Data Acquisitions SAR 1972 Forest Inventory or Carbon Model …. . Accounting Rules and International Reporting . 1972 Verification 1990 1991 1991 . 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996 … .. …. … 2003 2003 Optical … … … … 2012 2012 Forest Cover Product Consistency is critical
Timeline of Forest Carbon Tracking Task Standards, Methods Definition & Continuous Improvement
FCT National Demonstrators 2009 Brazil Guyana Mexico Indonesia (Borneo) Australia (Tasmania) Cameroon Tanzania Further expansion in 2010
Landsat Acquisitions over Borneo 173 ETM+ Scenes in USGS Archive from May – August 2009 11
Initial Products: SAR mosaic of Borneo + classified image 2009 Borneo Island ND ALOS PALSAR JAXA / METI 2009
Open access data policies: a qualified success CBERS@INPE: 1 million images (2004-2009) LANDSAT @USGS: 1 million images (Jan-Aug-2009) GMES Sentinels @ESA-EC: Data will be open access (Sep 2009)
23rd CEOS Plenary I Phuket, Thailand I 3-5 November 2009 GEO FCT Data Portal[http://portal.geo-fct.org/ - official launch GEO-VI, Nov.18, 2009] Supported by Google