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Global Forest Watch:Forest monitoringdesigned for action
Rachael Petersen, Impacts Manager 23 October 2017Tokyo International Conference on the Forest Governance Initiative
IMAGE: CIFOR
Every minute, forest the size of
20 football fields is cut down
satellite data
artificial intelligence
cloud computing
IMAGE: NASA
ActionAccountability
Information Transparency
And many others…..
GLAD ALERTS
Function Identifies areas of likely tree cover loss in near-real timeResolution 30 x 30 metersFrequency Imagery updated every 8 days; processed dailyDate of content
July 2015 - present
Satellite Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 GeographicCoverage
South America: Brazil, Peru; Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, Guyana, French Guyana
Central Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda
Southeast Asia: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste
Hansen, M.C., A. Krylov, A. Tyukavina, P.V. Potapov, S. Turubanova, B. Zutta, S. Ifo, B. Margono, F. Stolle, and R. Moore. 2016. Humid tropical forest disturbance alerts using Landsat data. Environmental Research Letters, 11 (3).
IMAGE: Carlos Valarezo, Fondo Regional Del Agua
1.5 million users
1,210 trained
16 governments
100+ partners
4000+ media stories
Peruvian agencies identify illegal-transported timber
“With Forest Watcher, we now have intelligence-led patrols in KibaleNational Park. We no longer go randomly to places, but instead
know where to look for the latest forest loss.”
-S enior Monitoring and R esearch Officer, Uganda Wildlife Authority, K ibale National P ark
Uganda rangers design more effective patrols
Peruvian journalists expose unsustainable clearing
IMAGE: Environmental Investigation Agency
Peruvian journalists expose unsustainable clearing
Companies assess deforestation risk using GFW
Major companies like Unilever, Cargill, and Mondelez are using GFW tools to identify their highest risk palm oil suppliers
Beyond 2017: a vision for the future
1. SustainEnsure long-term maintenance of GFW’s core offers (annual
forest loss , weekly forest disturbance; analytical tools)
2. InnovateDrive forward the frontier of forest monitoring according to user
research (S 1 and S 2 forest disturbance alerts)
3. Scale ImpactExpand engagement strategies working with law enforcement,
civil society, commodity companies
Thank you! www.globalforestwatch.org
Rachael [email protected]