NEW SOFTWARE FOR MONITORING FOREST RESOURCES

摘要

Norway and FAO have signed a US$4.5 million partnership agreement to improve the capacity of developing countries to monitor and report on their forest resources and changes in forest area. The project will facilitate countries' access to earth observation data sources, including satellite imagery, and develop an easy-to-use platform for processing and interpreting this data. "The new platform offers countries a set of efficient tools for monitoring changes in their forest area and carbon stocks, and for developing sustainable forest management regimes," said Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director-General of FAO's Forestry Department.