Under its second phase, GFOI is developing a new Data Component to coordinate the acquisition, availability, accessibility and capacity to use remote sensing and ground based datasets and tools to support national greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting from forests. Following a preliminary meeting of the Component in Bogota on 15 March 2018, an additional scoping meeting will be held in Tokyo from 2-3 July 2018 at the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC). The meeting aims to clarify key details of the component's priorities, partners, structure and operational functions; so that a final recommendation can be put to the GFOI Leads Group for endorsement and the work of the component officially commenced in 2018.