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The event will showcase the innovative work of FAO and its partners to understand the interlinked challenges facing forests and forest-proximate peoples worldwide. Presentations will highlight advances in generating and analyzing forest-related data and information including democratizing access to freely available remote sensing data and computing platforms, improving the sustainability of forest products value chains and using ‘big data’ to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, as well as helping countries to report on the key global commitments (Sustainable Development Goals, UN Global Forest Goals, Paris Agreement, and forest biodiversity and restoration targets). Examples, challenges, and future scenarios will be discussed illustrating the transformative impact on people and environment when data and technology are effectively used to support evidence-based decision-making processes.
The objective is to disseminate the latest advances in technology for generating and analyzing forest-related data and information, introducing FAO and its partner's work on innovation in digital forest information made available in support of member countries.
The event will be organized in a hybrid format with the opportunity to attend the event in presence in FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, or virtually. For in-person participation, please send the request to [email protected] and for virtual participation, please register here.
The event will be held in English.
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Agenda
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14:00 – 14:10 (CEST)
Opening
Welcome
Ms. Beth Crawford, Director Office of Innovation, OIN
Introduction
Ms. Tiina Vähänen, Deputy Director, NFO
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14:10 – 14:25
Keynote: Importance of data in meeting major forest related development objectives
Ms. Marte Sendstad, Senior Advisor, Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
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14:25 – 14:45
Moderated panel discussion on current and future data streams and their expected impacts
Moderator: Mr. Erik Lindquist, Forestry Officer, FAO
Speakers:
- Ms. Tara O’Shea, Senior Director, Forests & Land Use, Planet Labs
- Mr. Frank Martin Seifert, Focal point for land and forest services, European Space Agency (ESA)
- Mr. Daniel Irwin, Global Program Manager of SERVIR, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
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14:45 – 15:05
Open Foris demonstrations
SEPAL. Ms. Yelena Finegold Forestry Officer, FAO
Collect Earth on-line. Mr. David Saah, Professor, University of San Francisco (collaboration with NASA)
15:05 – 15:25
Practical examples
A country example – Viet Nam. Mr. Pham Ngoc Hai, Officer, Forest Inventory and Planning Institute (FIPI)
Using geospatial data to improve global indicators. Dr. Peter Newton, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder - Forest and Tree Proximate people
15:25 – 15:40
Q&A
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15:40 – 15:45
Clossing remarks
Mr. Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director, NFO
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