USGS Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Democratic Republic of Congo

Description

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) is an initiative of the inter-governmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) that aims to: foster the sustained availability of observations for national forest monitoring systems; support governments that are establishing national systems by providing a platform for coordinating observations, providing assistance and guidance on utilizing observations, developing accepted methods and protocols, and promoting ongoing research and development; and work with national governments that report into international forest assessments (such as the global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO) and the national greenhouse gas inventories reported to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) using methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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21 Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) http://www.gfoi.org/

Tags

  • habitat-conversion-fragmentation
  • biosphere
  • human-dimensions
  • agriculture
  • terrestrial-ecosystems
  • vegetation
  • earth-science
  • forest-science

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