Tackling the climatic impact of deforestation and degradation efficiently

The FOREST project funded by the EIT-KIC (www.climate-kic.org) aims to respond to the growing demand of forest carbon stakeholders for trusted, fully integrated and cost effective Measuring Reporting Verification (MRV) service components, enabling forest monitoring projects and initiatives to achieve carbon goals, i.e. emission reduction and/or stock enhancement.

It brings building blocks for such services including the observations from space, the local in situ ground measurements to calibrate and validate these observations, the forest maps and the theoretical model needed to estimate and manage the carbon sequestered in forested areas; as well as quality metrics for each product to promote end-user confidence in the fidelity of the services being provided.

The FOREST project has brought together the expertise of Airbus DS Geo, AMAP, Institute for Climate Economics, NPL, ONFI and UVSQ-LSCE to provide cost effective capacities and answer the need of a wide range of users from fields as diverse as forestry management, environmental impact assessment within industries such as mining and oil companies, conservation management and performance based payments to remunerate REDD+ efforts (including carbon credits).

For more details on the FOREST project please visit:

www.climate-kic.org/projects/fully-optimised-and-reliable-emissions-tool-forest/

FOREST Leaflet

Quality Assurance service

The Quality Assurance (QA) framework and methodology developed within FOREST will provide a means for assessing the quality of data and products being delivered as part of any MRV service through the provision of provenance and traceablity information (inputs processing methods output validation). QA will be integrated into the FOREST services to provide end users and customers with independently verified data they can trust and use confidently in their applications.