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Workshops and activities of interest

  • GFOI R&D Exchange: Monitoring tropical peatlands and mangroves
    • Online event held on February 18 14.00-15.30 CET
    • Points of contact: Kristell Hergoualc'h (CIFOR-ICRAF), Maria Nuutinen (FAO) and Daniela Requena Suarez (GFZ)
    • Presentations and Resources

  • Expert Workshop on AI-Enhanced Forest Growth Rates and Carbon Mitigation Potential
    • Workshop held on 9-10 June in FAO, Rome Italy
    • Points of contact: Javier Garcia Perez (FAO) and Jingjing Liang (FAO, Purdue University)
    • Workshop Agenda

  • ESA Living Planet Symposium: From Observation to Climate Action and Sustainability for Earth

  • R2D2: Quantifying Regrowth and Recovery from Deforestation and Degradation at Large Scale (Event Summary)
    • Date: March 4-6
    • Location: Potsdam, Germany
    • Point of contact: Martin Herold and Viola Heinrich (GFZ)

  • Biomass Maps for Policy (Event Summary)
    • Date: March 20-22
    • Location: Reston, Virginia, USA
    • Co-organised by USGS and the University of Maryland
    • Point of contact: Neha Hunka (UMD)

  • Tropical Peatland Forest Conservation and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities
    • Session held at the 26th IUFRO World Congress (23-29 June)
    • Location: Stockholm, Sweden
    • Point of contact: Kristell Hergoualc'h (CIFOR-ICRAF)


  • Characterizing uncertainty in remote sensing-assisted forest carbon mapping and accounting
    • Session held at ForestSAT (9-13 September)
    • Location: Rotorua, Aotearoa/New Zealand
    • Point of contact: Chad Babcock (University of Minnesota)

  • GFOI R&D Exchange on Forest Disturbance Alerts (News item and recording)
    • Online event held on September 17 15.00-16.30 CEST
    • Point of contact: Sarah Carter (WRI), Johannes Reiche (WUR) and Daniela Requena Suarez (GFZ)
    • Registration link 

  • Enhancing the informed use of biomass maps in MRV procedures (News item, Event Summary)
    • Expert Workshop held on October 23-25
    • Location: Potsdam, Germany
    • Point of contact: Daniela Requena Suarez and Martin Herold (GFZ), Carly Green (GFOI)

  • Land Cover Change and its impacts in GHG Fluxes (More information)
    • Session held at AGU24 (9-13 December)
    • Location: Washington D.C.
    • Point of contact: Africa Flores Anderson (NASA) and Nancy Harris (WRI)

  • Earth-Observation Based Methods To Monitor Forest Loss, Degradation and Growth
    • Session held at AGU24 (9-13 December)
    • Location: Washington D.C., USA
    • Point of contact: Robert Kennedy (OSU)

  • GHGs, VOCs, and the Dynamics of Environmental Parameters in Tropical Wetlands
    • Session held at AGU24 (9-13 December)
    • Location: Washington D.C., USA
    • Point of contact: Mikk Espenberg (University of Tartu), Kristell Hergoualc'h (CIFOR-ICRAF)
  • GFOI  R&D Coordination meeting, as precursor to the Capacity Building Summit (Event Summary)
    • Date: January 30
    • Location: Washington DC 
    • Point of contact: Martin Herold (GFZ)