Field Notes
Methods for Biomass Estimation and Forest-Cover Mapping in the Tropics
Woods Hole Research Center scientists are co-hosting a workshop, Methods for Biomass Estimation and Forest-Cover Mapping in the Tropics, from June 20-24 in Kigali and Ruhengeri, Rwanda. The five-day workshop begins with one day of national policy presentations in Kigali aimed at creating awareness of the operational and technical needs required to establish and monitor a national framework for tropical forest carbon monitoring. It continues in Ruhengeri with a smaller training workshop for technical staff focusing on combined remote sensing and field based forest inventory methods.
Associate Scientist Nadine Laporte, Assistant Scientists Glenn Bush, Alessandro Baccini, Wayne Walker, GIS Manager Greg Fiske, and Research Assistant Chloe Starr are leading the work. Partners include the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, Rwanda Development Board, Rwanda Environmental Management Authority, and the Rwandan National Forest Authority.
