Education & Capacity Building
Presentations: Methods for Biomass Estimation and Forest-Cover Mapping in the Tropics:
From Carbon Policy to Technical Training
Gorilla Hotel, Ruhengeri, Rwanda - June 21st-24th, 2011
Welcome - Rwanda Development Board Tourism and Conservation (RDB)- Rica Rwigamba, Head of Department
ILUA - Contribution to REDD process in Zambia, Abel Siampale and Sitwala Wamunyima
New approaches to map biomass - Dr. Alessandro Baccini, Woods Hole Research Center
Biomass exercise - Dr. Alessandro Baccini, Woods Hole Research Center
REDD sub-national project in Tanzania, Alex Njahani, Jane Goodall Institute
What is REDD and other carbon finance mechanisms: Clovis Grinand, Good Planet, France
Google Earth Engine- A tool for REDD - David Thau, Google Earth Outreach
RS data providers for REDD - Didier Rigal, ASTRIUM
Sub-national forest and carbon monitoring Bolivia, Eric Armijo, FAN
WCS REDD Projects in Uganda - Grace Nagendo, Wildlife Conservation Society
REDD in the context of biodiversity conservation strategies, Juan Carlos Bonilla
Honorable Minister Stanislas Kamanzi - Ministry of Natural Resources
National Forest and Carbon monitoring in Kenya, Peter Ndunda, Greenbelt Movement
REDD and Ecosystem Services - Wahida Patwa-Shah, UN REDD Program, UNEP, Nairobi
Introduction to radar remote sensing - Dr. Wayne Walker, Woods Hole Research Center
Introduction to segmentation - Dr. Wayne Walker, Woods Hole Research Center
Introduction to forest and land cover mapping - Dr. Wayne Walker, Woods Hole Research Center
Funding and support were provided by the following institutions:
National Forest Authority, Rwanda Development Board, Rwandan Environmental Management Authority, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, NASA, and Google.org.
