7:00 – 11:00 (EST)

15:00 – 19:00 (Nairobi)

14:00 – 18:00 (Lusaka, Maputo, Windhoek)

13:00 – 17:00 (Frankfurt)

19:00 – 23:00 (Bangkok)

The webinar is free of charge and will be in English.

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The World Bank and The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) are hosting a webinar on new and innovative satellite-based tools and approaches in monitoring of dry forest. The webinar will focus on introducing the tools developed by the Satellite Monitoring for Forest Management (SMFM) project by the World Bank in 2017–2020.

These new tools were developed under the SMFM project and give forest managers in dry forest countries unprecedented possibilities to use satellite resources in assessing forest cover and biomass. They provide also dense, near real time data to monitor change and analyze the drivers of forest change.

In the webinar the team that developed the new tools will introduce how they will help in monitoring and managing dry forests; how this will change forest agencies and where do we go next

The webinar will start with an introduction of the project followed by a presentation of the big picture and future EO development, impacts of new technology on forest agencies and institutions. The speakers will also present each SMFM tool followed by cases studies and hands-on experiences in Mozambique, Namibia, and Zambia.

Opening Remarks: Karin Kemper, Global Director, Environment, Natural Resources & Blue Economy GP, World Bank

Moderator: Laura Ivers, Senior External Affairs Officer, Environment, Natural Resources & Blue Economy GP, World Bank

Presenters:

• Tuukka Castrén, Environment, Natural Resources & Blue Economy GP, World Bank
• Frank Martin Seifert, European Space Agency (ESA)
• Caio Barbosa, Environment, Natural Resources & Blue Economy GP, World Bank
• Sam Bowers, University of Edinburgh
• Aristides B. Muhate, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mozambique
• Abel M. Siampale, Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Zambia
• Remi D’Annunzio, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
• Yelena Finegold, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
• Phoebe Oduor, Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)

The project was financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented in close collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), University of Edinburg, LTS International and forest and REDD+ agencies in Mozambique, Namibia, and Zambia. To learn more about the SMFM project, visit https://www.smfm-project.com/

Contacts

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Tuukka Castrén ([email protected]) and Meerim Shakirova ([email protected]).