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Science
team for Landsat Data Continuity Mission includes three
members of GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Implementation Team
The
science team will provide advice to the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) on issues including data acquisition, product access
and format, and promoting science opportunities for Landsat
data.
Tom
Loveland of the USGS will lead the science team. Curtis
Woodstock of Boston University will provide expertise
toward operational global monitoring of land cover change.
Michael Wulder of Natural Resources Canada at the Canadian
Forest Service will provide expertise in large-area land
cover mapping and dynamics.
For
more details
Contact: Tom Loveland
International
Symposium on Forest and Land Cover Observations at Jena,
Germany 21-25 March 2006
The
GOFC-GOLD symposium included workshops on monitoring tropical
deforestation for compensated reductions and monitoring
boreal forest ecosystems for international conventions,
as well as meetings of the land cover implementation team
and regional networks.
Reports
from the symposium include “Tropical Deforestation
for Compensated Reductions”, “Reducing Greenhouse
Gas Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries:
Considerations for Monitoring and Measuring”, Land
Cover Implementation Team meeting report and the Regional
Network meeting report.
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Reports
Contact: Martin Herold
GOFC-GOLD
supports Regional Network meetings in SE Asia and E Asia
GOFC-GOLD
provided both technical and financial support to facilitate
these two meetings. The meetings produced a report on
the Proposed East Asia Regional Network
Report:
comming soon
Contact: Michael Brady
GOFC-GOLD
Land Cover Implementation team release report on Reducing
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation in Developing
Countries
The
report “Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation
in Developing Countries: Considerations for Monitoring
and Measuring” was initiated at the 2006 International
Symposium on Forest and Land Cover Observations. The report
has been submitted to the UNFCCC SBSTA committee in preparation
for the COP12.
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report
Contact: Martin Herold
GOFC-GOLD
participation in GLOBCOVER workshops
The
Land Cover Implementation Team project office is advising
GLOBCOVER on classification issues. The GlOBCOVER classification
system will be compatible with the Global Land Cover map
(GLC 2000).
For more details:
For
more details
Contact: Christiane
Schmullius
GOFC-GOLD
contributes to CEOS response report to the GCOS implementation
plan
Several
members of the Land Cover Implementation Team participated
in three drafting meetings in 2006. The report "Satellite
Observation of the Climate System: The Committee on Earth
Observation Satellites (CEOS) Response to the Global Climate
Observing System (GCOS) Implementation Plan (IP)”
was released in September 2006.
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report
Contact:
Ivan Csiszar
GOFC-GOLD
works with FAO to develop methods and global data sets
for use in the upcoming FRA 2010 Global Forest Assessment
GOFC-GOLD
Land Cover Implementation team members participated in
the Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) for 2010 planning
meeting on 18-19 October at Washington, D.C. GOFC-GOLD
is contributing methods, sampling procedures, a framework
for global forest change and assessment and will advocate
space based observations and radar sampling for areas
with permanent cloud cover.
Contact:
Martin Herold
GOFC-GOLD
participates in North American Land Cover Summit
The
North America Land Cover Summit was held on 20-22 September
2006 at Washington, D.C. Chris Justice Fire Implementation
Team co leader presented the program of GOFC-GOLD.
For
more details
Contact: Chris
Justice and Michael
Brady
GOFC-GOLD
helps initiate GEO Community of Practice for Forest Observations
GEO
and its User Interface Committee (UIC) have started to
evolve a Community of Practice for forest observations
(FCP) to respond to user requirements and to address the
GEO Work Plan targets and its societal benefit areas.
The FCP is comprised of representatives from Canada, Sweden,
Finland, and GOFC-GOLD and was established at the GEO
II plenary in December 2005.
For
more details
Contact: Martin Herold
and Christiane
Schmullius
GOFC-GOLD
presents technical document on reducing emission from
deforestation at the UNFCCC/COP 12 in Nairobi
The
GOFC-GOLD coordinated technical document was presented
at a joint ESA/GOFC-GOLD side event at the 6-12 November
UNFCCC/COP 12 in Nairobi, Kenya. Members of the Land Cover
Implementation Team distributed the technical document
at an exhibition booth.
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report
Contact: Martin Herold
and Jacqueline Sambale
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