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Transparent Forest

an ESA IAP project

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Background

Reliability of forest certification is

too low, due to lack of

independent data, large scale and

remoteness of forests. Transparency needs to be

improved. Certification burden is currently

much bigger for small than for

large forestry organizations. FSC : world-wide 200 Mio ha

certified forest.

before 20072007 – 20082008 - 2009

Boreal forest concessions showing annual removals (generated from multi-temporal ALOS PALSAR-1 data).

Value of space assets

Earth Observation products and in situ data

availability increases reliability, transparency and

fairness.

Certification tools including the integration of

Earth Observation and GNSS/SATCOM products

streamlines the process.

Goals

Develop WebGIS environment ,

supporting the generation of

customized maps for areas being

certified. Using Earth Observation and

GNSS/SATCOM products to support

certifiers and other stakeholders in

decision-making.

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Service Overview

• Digital Surface Model• Digital Terrain Model

Earth Observation component

• Thematic products• Biophysical products

Auditing information

Customized processing

spaceborneSAR data

spaceborneoptical data

WebGIS environment

• Forest Management Tool

• Forest Audit Tool

• Environmental Risk ToolWeb-GIS Portal

FSC Compliance reports and information

• Compliance with FSC criteria• Benefits from the forest• Forest resource management• Forest condition• Maintenance of HCV forest• Environmental impact

• Georeferenced pictures • Georeferenced reports

• Confirmatory photo records• Records of disturbances• Records of complaints

Certificate Holder’s Forest Management Information System

• Forest management data • Field survey data• Earth Observation data

• Forest management units• Forest plot data• Allometric & yield models

GNSS/SATCOM component

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Forest Plantation – forest area

SPOT-4, 20 meter - August 2008

Forest

Forest

Bare Soil

Herbaceous

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Forest

Harvested in 2008no re-establishment

Harvested in 2008with re-establishment

ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter - August 2007-2008

Forest Plantation – harvesting and re-planting

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Forest Plantation – timber volume

ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter - August 2008

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Natural Forest – forest area and surrounding land cover

ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter - October 2009

Forest

Forest

Short vegetation/very rough soil

Man made construction

Urban

Hard surface

Wetland

Water

Rough soil

Smooth bare soil/wet bare soil

Very rough soil

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Natural Forest – clearfell areas

2007

2008

2009

before 2007

2007 - 2008

2008 - 2009ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter

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Natural Forest – clearfell areas and seed trees

Cosmo-SkyMed , 3m - November 2010

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Natural Forest – roads

ALOS PALSAR-1, 15 meter - October 2009

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WebGIS environment

Earth Observation product

Forest Management units

Forest Management Tool Analysis

Forest Management Tool Statistics

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