Forest monitoring for sustainable commodity production and smallholder inclusion

Hybrid Event, 23/10/2025

Unsustainable commodity production remains the main driver of deforestation and degradation of tropical forests. 

Addressing trade-offs between agricultural production and forest conservation is critical and has gained recognition and political momentum in recent years through commitments and actions including the COP26 Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration, European Union Deforestation Re...

DIASCA Forest Monitoring Webinar - From field data collection to open, public commodity maps

25/09/2025

After our last webinar on OpenForis Whisp, a tool for deforestation risk assessments bringing together global and regional public maps to scan them with an open-source algorithm, it is time to look at one project that creates such public maps to inform risk assessments.

In...

Towards a Digital Public Infrastructure for Zero Deforestation Value Chains and Regulatory Compliance

25/06/2025

There are numerous earth observation maps available on tree cover, forest disturbances and land use; land cover. However, relying on any one dataset exclusively for identifying deforestation risk can be problematic. Maps often differ from one another in terms of accuracy, resolution, or classification systems and definitions applied. To address these problems, the Convergence of Evidence approa...

DIASCA Forest Monitoring Webinar - Insights from Nigeria & WHISP Deep Dive

03/07/2025

We are cordially inviting you to our next webinar on Thursday, July 3rd, from 2pm - 3:30pm (CEST) which will focus on deforestation risk assessments and the preparedness of relevant sectors in Nigeria.

In this webinar, our special guest Dr. Ralph Adewoye, a lead remote sensing sc...

DIASCA Forest Monitoring Webinar - Feedback Session on JRC Forest Maps - 28 April

Virtual Event, 28/04/2025

We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming webinar on the 29th April from 9:00 to 10:00 am CEST to gathering your feedback on the Joint Research Centre’s Glob...

28th INA Lunchbreak: WHISP (WHat IS in that Plot) a digital public infrastructure for deforestation-free regulations compliance

Virtual Event, 03/05/2024

In this lunchbreak, Rémi d'Annunzio, Forest Officer, Forest Data Partnership Science and Data Lead at FAO, will present the innovative open-source solution Whisp and illustrate how it contributes to compliance with deforestation-free regulations, like the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). During the lunchbreak, participants will have the chance to try out Whisp themselves.

DIASCA Forest Monitoring Webinar - Feedback Session on JRC Forest Maps - 29 April

Virtual Event, 29/04/2025

We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming webinar on the 29th April from 9:00 to 10:00 am CEST to gathering your feedback on the Joint Research Centre’s Glob...

SASI Lunchbreak on supply chain due diligence act part 5

Virtual Event, 04/04/2025

In this fifth event of our SASI Lunchbreak series, we will focus on the topic of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).

DIASCA Working Group Meeting Series

Virtual Event, 04/02/2025

While the DIASCA supports the design and implementation of open-source digital public infrastructure (DPI), the DIASCA network supports the design and development of an open-source DPI in order to create an efficient “ecosystem” of digital applications and improve interoperability between systems. DPI is based on several existing digital infrastructures and software components. The open-so...

DIASCA Working Group Meeting Series

Virtual Event, 13/03/2025

In this webinar, we will hear from our special guest George Watene, Program Manager at the Global Coffee Platform, about the efforts of the Kenyan coffee sector in terms of coffee farm geolocation, forest monitoring, as well as h...