Connecting the dots in forest monitoring in Paraguay

Equipped with FAO remote sensing tools, local experts are studying deforestation dynamics.

The fight against deforestation in Paraguay is getting a boost from an unlikely source: cutting-edge technology and data from space, coupled with the expertise of local forest conservationists.

In 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a one-week training in Paraguay’s capital, Asunción, for twenty international and local experts, like Katherin Patricia Insfrán Chena.

The workshop was part of the Global Remote Sensing Survey, a ground-breaking study developed by FAO in collaboration with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and funded by the European Union and Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative. The Global Survey’s aim was to improve the understanding of forest area trends and drivers of deforestation by combining local expertise with the latest satellite data.