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inFORm ConsortiumInternational forest management
P PProf Jim Lynch, OBE
Director of Forestry
inFORm GLOBAL REDD+ MARKET
Total $100 bn by 2020 ($12500m pa) (3% from UK through DfID)
• Environmental services $250m(2%)
• Inventory/Satellites $125 m(1%)
• Legal $1250m(10%)
• Finance $1250m(10%)
• Countries/Communities$9625(77%)
inFORm Opportunities
• DfID FGMC (Forest Governance, Markets & Climate) Programme
• DfID /Royal Society PanAfrica Capacity Building Programme
• EU EuropeAid
• FAO
• World Bank
• Financial Institutions
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International Forest
Management
inFORm Overall Objectives
inFORm Capabilities
inFORm Aims
inFORm delivers a full package of services that, when implemented together, have a greater impact and increased efficiency
inFORm Goals
inFORm will meet the needs of all the relevant components of REDD+ goals and objectives
REDD+ intends to reduce poverty in developing countries and address climate change issues
inFORm Specific Objectives
inFORminFORm geographical
experience
inFORmREDD+ and remote sensing
inFORmCapabilities Remote
SensingOptical medium and high resolution data
from DMC Satellites
inFORmGlobal data availability,
continuity and comparability
Africa 2010 Africa 2012
Africa 2011
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• Radar data from TerraSARX and NovaSar
Remote sensing is the most cost efficient tool to monitor wide, non-accessible forest areas in order to report changes in forest and land use, protect forest and manage natural resources
Capabilities Remote Sensing
inFORm Capabilities - Traceability technologies for forest products
Helveta’s timber tracking technology, for ground truth data and validation of remote sensed techniques.
inFORmCapabilities - Carbon
Accounting
inFORmCapabilities – social aspects
inFORmCapabilities –legal aspects
inFORmCapabilities –legal aspects
inFORm Capabilities - Financial Aspects
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inFORm Consultants
• Christine Lancaster, CalCarbon Ltd
• Steve Running, Montana Univ
• Stephen Nortcliff, Reading Univ
• Jeff Burley, Oxford, Univ
• Renton Righelato, Reading Univ
• Iain Woodhouse, Edinburgh Univ
• Hubert Hasenauer, BOKU Vienna
inFORmInternational Advisory
Board
• Prof Nigel Poole, CGIAR
• Prof Tony Simons, ICRAF
• Dr Gilberto Camara, INPE
This will ensure good governance as well as giving advice
inFORmWhat happens if you cut down too many trees