Education & Capacity Building

Resources: Methods for Biomass Estimation and Forest-Cover Mapping in the Tropics:
From Carbon Policy to Technical Training

Posters:

Bolivia: Above-ground Live Woody Biomass 2007

Kenya: Aboveground Live Woody Biomass 2007

Madagascar: Aboveground Live Woody Biomass

Virunga Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Malawi: Aboveground Live Woody Biomass 2007

Rwanda: Aboveground Live Woody Biomass

Tanzania: Above-ground Live Woody Biomass 2007

Landsat Regional Map

Zambia: Aboveground Live Woody Biomass 2007

Democratic Republic of Congo: Aboveground Live Woody Biomass

 

Booklets:

Mapping and Monitoring the Forests of Africa

Protected Area Watch for the Albertine Rift

A Carbon Monitoring System for Tropical Countries

 

References:

A first map of tropical Africa’s above-ground biomass derived from satellite imagery

Advances in remote sensing technology and implications for measuring and monitoring forest carbon stocks and change

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in the DRC

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in the DRC (French Version)

Expansion of Industrial Logging in Central Africa

Supporting Online Material for Expansion of Industrial Logging in Central Africa

Una premiere estimation de la biomasse ligneuse aerienne D'Afrique sur la base d'images satellites et d'inventaires forestiers

Une approche repensée du mécanisme de « stocks et flux » pour distribuer les incitations financières de la REDD aux différents pays

 

Field Guides:

Forest Biomass and Carbon Estimation

 

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.

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