| Introduction | Boston University (BU) has developed a degradation algorithm that works within the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. The algorithm has been tested extensively in the Mekong region for detecting forest degradation through research funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). |
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| Country | Cambodia Lao People's Democratic Republic Viet Nam |
| Start date | 2019 |
| End date | 2019 |
| Status | Activities Completed |
| Objective / Goal | Boston University (BU) has developed a degradation algorithm that works within the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. The algorithm has been tested extensively in the Mekong region for detecting forest degradation through research funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and will complement ongoing work with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) System for Earth Observations, Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring (SEPAL) and the European Commission-Joint Research Centre that Mekong countries have been involved with in the past two years. To ensure that participants can understand and use the BU degradation algorithm, a training session on GEE will first be delivered in Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic and then a regional workshop will be held (Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam and potentially Nepal) to test the degradation methodology and start mapping degradation as a Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) activity for reporting. |
| Partners | Boston University; Google Earth Engine; SERVIR-Mekong; SilvaCarbon; United States Geological Survey (USGS) |
| Contact |
Sylvia Wilson |
| https://www.silvacarbon.org/ |
