Forest CoP Presentation - Group on Earth Observations
Forest CoP Presentation - Group on Earth Observations
Forest CoP Presentation - Group on Earth Observations
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GEO <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Observati<strong>on</strong><br />
Community of Practice:<br />
Identifying Critical <strong>Earth</strong> Observati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Michael Brady, Canadian <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Service/GOFC-GOLD<br />
GEO User Interface Committee 13 th Meeting<br />
15-16 November 2009, Washingt<strong>on</strong>
All GEOSS societal benefits areas include land<br />
and forest observati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Climate<br />
Land<br />
Land<br />
change<br />
change<br />
&<br />
GHG<br />
GHG<br />
emis.<br />
emis.<br />
Water+energy<br />
Water+energy<br />
exchanges<br />
exchanges<br />
Energy<br />
Bio-energy/biomass<br />
Bio-energy/biomass<br />
Wind/hydro<br />
Wind/hydro<br />
power<br />
power<br />
assess.<br />
assess.<br />
Health<br />
Land<br />
Land<br />
change<br />
change<br />
/<br />
/<br />
disease<br />
disease<br />
vectors<br />
vectors<br />
/<br />
/<br />
boundary<br />
boundary<br />
c<strong>on</strong>d.<br />
c<strong>on</strong>d.<br />
Disasters<br />
Water<br />
Water<br />
Water<br />
resources<br />
resources<br />
/<br />
/<br />
quality<br />
quality<br />
Land+water<br />
Land+water<br />
use<br />
use<br />
pattern<br />
pattern<br />
Fire<br />
Fire<br />
m<strong>on</strong>itoring<br />
m<strong>on</strong>itoring<br />
Land<br />
Land<br />
degradati<strong>on</strong><br />
degradati<strong>on</strong><br />
assess.<br />
assess.<br />
Weather<br />
Land–surface<br />
Land–surface<br />
climate<br />
climate<br />
int.<br />
int.<br />
Vegetati<strong>on</strong><br />
Vegetati<strong>on</strong><br />
characteristics<br />
characteristics<br />
Biodiversity<br />
Ecosystem<br />
Ecosystem<br />
characteristics<br />
characteristics<br />
Habitats<br />
Habitats<br />
+<br />
fragmentati<strong>on</strong><br />
fragmentati<strong>on</strong><br />
Ecosystems<br />
Change<br />
Change<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment<br />
c<strong>on</strong>d.<br />
c<strong>on</strong>d.<br />
Services<br />
Services<br />
+<br />
accounting<br />
accounting<br />
Agriculture<br />
Cultivati<strong>on</strong><br />
Cultivati<strong>on</strong><br />
pattern+forestry<br />
pattern+forestry<br />
Land<br />
Land<br />
degradati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
degradati<strong>on</strong>s
The GEOSS for forests is incomplete<br />
• Combining remote and in situ / NFI type<br />
observati<strong>on</strong>s is under utilised<br />
• Engage user communities and networks not yet<br />
involved in GEO and earth observati<strong>on</strong><br />
• Lack of co-ordinated l<strong>on</strong>g term observati<strong>on</strong> plans<br />
• <strong>Earth</strong> observati<strong>on</strong> challenges
8 Main forest tasks<br />
1. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mapping and Change M<strong>on</strong>itoring<br />
2. Global Land Cover<br />
3. Virtual C<strong>on</strong>stellati<strong>on</strong>s-Land Surface Imaging sub<br />
task<br />
4. Implementati<strong>on</strong> of a Fire Warning System at<br />
Global Level<br />
5. Key Terrestrial Observati<strong>on</strong>s for Climate<br />
6. Regi<strong>on</strong>al Networks for Ecosystems<br />
7. Communities of Practice<br />
8. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Carb<strong>on</strong> Tracking (new)
GEO Community of Practice for <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Observati<strong>on</strong>s US-06-02<br />
1. Provide a forum for communicati<strong>on</strong> and coordinati<strong>on</strong> of the teams<br />
involved in the GEO work plan tasks related to forest observati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
2. Identify, gather, and seek agreement <strong>on</strong> user community<br />
requirements for forest observati<strong>on</strong>s, their present status and gaps<br />
to be filled<br />
3. Advise the User Interface Committee, other <str<strong>on</strong>g>CoP</str<strong>on</strong>g>s and GEO <strong>on</strong><br />
matters relating to forest observati<strong>on</strong>s and related societal benefits,<br />
and <strong>on</strong> cross-cutting issues of interest<br />
4. Support the forest observati<strong>on</strong> community with informati<strong>on</strong> about<br />
activities and plans in the GEO process
Role of Global Observing Systems: GTOS/GOFC-GOLD<br />
• Global Observati<strong>on</strong> for <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> and Land<br />
Cover Dynamics is a coordinated<br />
internati<strong>on</strong>al effort to ensure a c<strong>on</strong>tinuous<br />
program of space-based and <strong>on</strong>-theground<br />
forest and land cover observati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
• A network of participants implementing<br />
coordinated research, dem<strong>on</strong>strati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
operati<strong>on</strong>al projects<br />
• A visi<strong>on</strong> to share data, informati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
knowledge, leading to informed acti<strong>on</strong> and<br />
decisi<strong>on</strong> support<br />
• A l<strong>on</strong>g term process of building an<br />
improved match between Observati<strong>on</strong>s,<br />
Data Products and User Needs<br />
• A science panel of the Global Terrestrial<br />
Observing System<br />
• A str<strong>on</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>tributor to the GEO forestrelated<br />
tasks and mechanisms
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Observati<strong>on</strong> User Communities<br />
(1) Global Change Science<br />
(2) Timber, Fuel and Fiber (incl. agro forestry)<br />
(3) Watershed Protecti<strong>on</strong><br />
(4) Biodiversity and C<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong><br />
(5) FCCC and other Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Agreements<br />
(6) Recreati<strong>on</strong> and Tourism<br />
(7) Sustainable <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Management<br />
(8) <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Perturbati<strong>on</strong>s and Protecti<strong>on</strong> (fire, insects, disease)
Current & future states of critical forest<br />
observati<strong>on</strong> priorities
33rd Internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Symposium <strong>on</strong><br />
Remote<br />
Sensing of<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>ment,<br />
TS-5-3<br />
4-8 May 2009,<br />
Stresa, Italy<br />
Critical Observati<strong>on</strong>s
C<strong>on</strong>tinuing the process of identifying critical observati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Carb<strong>on</strong> Tracking CL-09-03b<br />
A New GEO sub-Task in 2009-2011 WP<br />
Dem<strong>on</strong>strate to climate negotiators that coordinated <strong>Earth</strong><br />
Observati<strong>on</strong>s can provide the basis for reliable informati<strong>on</strong> services of<br />
suitable c<strong>on</strong>sistency, accuracy and c<strong>on</strong>tinuity to support <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Carb<strong>on</strong> Tracking, leading to eventual establishment of a network of<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al forest carb<strong>on</strong> m<strong>on</strong>itoring systems<br />
Leads:<br />
• Australia (Department of Climate Change & CSIRO)<br />
• Japan (JAXA)<br />
• Norway (NSC)<br />
• Canada (NRCan, CSA)<br />
• CEOS (NSC, CSIRO, JAXA, ESA)<br />
• FAO<br />
• GTOS (GOFC-GOLD)<br />
• EC JRC
Next Steps<br />
• C<strong>on</strong>solidate participati<strong>on</strong> in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>CoP</str<strong>on</strong>g> am<strong>on</strong>gst 8<br />
forest tasks<br />
• Encourage registrati<strong>on</strong> of forest data and EO<br />
systems<br />
• C<strong>on</strong>solidate GEO F<str<strong>on</strong>g>CoP</str<strong>on</strong>g> web page<br />
• C<strong>on</strong>tinue with UIC process and reporting; collaborate<br />
with Agriculture M<strong>on</strong>itoring <str<strong>on</strong>g>CoP</str<strong>on</strong>g> to fully address<br />
Agriculture SBA
Recent and upcoming forest events<br />
• GEOSS in the Americas Symposium, Panama, Sep 08<br />
• GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Symposium, Germany, Oct 08<br />
• 1 st GEO <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Symposium, Brazil, Nov 08<br />
• Task meetings at CEOS SIT-23, USA, Feb 09<br />
• Task workshop, Australia, Mar 09<br />
• <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> workshop & papers at ISRSE, Italy, May 09<br />
• Task c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s at UNFCCC SBSTA, Germany, Jun 09<br />
• GOFC-GOLD Biomass Workshop, USA, Jun 09<br />
• 2 nd GEO <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Symposium, Thailand, Jul 09<br />
• Meetings with Princes’ Rainforest Project & Google, UK, Oct 09<br />
• GEO Plenary, USA, Nov 09<br />
• UNFCCC <str<strong>on</strong>g>CoP</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Denmark, Dec 09<br />
• <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Carb<strong>on</strong> Tracking Data Summit, Apr 10
Thank you,<br />
Questi<strong>on</strong>s?<br />
GEO <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Community of Practice<br />
Point of c<strong>on</strong>tact:<br />
Michael Brady, Canadian <str<strong>on</strong>g>Forest</str<strong>on</strong>g> Service<br />
mbrady@nrcan.gc.ca