Description: Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and a number of forest monitoring institutions are sponsoring the GEO Forest Monitoring Symposium to promote the integrated observation and monitoring of forest extent, condition and ecological services. The main objective of the Symposium is to consolidate the GEOSS approach for a systematic and integrated Forest Monitoring System, that should ensure coordination, facilitate and promote data sharing, inter-operability, improve the ability of forest monitoring to address relevant issues. Additional goals are to promote communication and collaboration among various communities working on different forest related themes and to strengthen the focus on forest observation issues in the Americas. Adam Gerrand has been invited to make a presentation on the FAO FRA RSS.

Description: The primary aim of the workshop is to determine how climate change is/may already be affecting cetaceans and how best to determine these effects. The Climate Change Workshop will bring together - and enhance collaborations amongst - experts in cetacean biology, modelling, marine ecosystems and climate change, as well as reviewing current understanding and seeking to improve conservation outcomes for cetaceans under climate change scenarios described in the IPCC 4th report.

Description: During this meeting, the Commission will discuss a report prepared by the Australian Bureau of Statistics titled “Report of the programme reviewer on climate change and official statistics” (E/CN.3/2009/2), containing a programme review of climate change related statistics. Continue reading “UN Statistical Commission to Address Climate Change-Related Statistics”.