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Land cover/land use change (LCLUC) experts will meet in Malaysia in July to review availability, potential, and limitations of different data sources and methodologies for the monitoring and the study of LCLUC, and quantification and its impact on the environment. Several…

Forests cover more than 45% of Nepal’s land and are one of the country’s major resources. Since the 80s, Nepal has adopted a groundbreaking approach to forest management, allowing communities to take ownership of and manage local forests. Today, nearly…

Experts met in October to discuss latest developments and initiatives on remote sensing for mapping wildfire hazard and land cover change in Latin America.  The meeting of the Latin American Regional Network for Remote Sensing and Forest Fires (RedLaTIF) of…

International research efforts have advanced the understanding of the interaction among water resources, food security and energy production and consumption in the Mekong River Basin. However, increasing climate extremes and large-scale human developments such as urbanization, dams construction and agricultural…

The Southern Africa Fire Network (SAFNet) of the Global Observation of Forest Cover and Land Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) program held its tenth meeting in Skukuza at the Kruger National Park, South Africa, in April 2018.  During the meeting, 27 delegates from…

High population growth and rapid economic development in South/Southeast Asia are leading to the conversion of agricultural lands into urban and residential areas, while forests are destroyed to make space for agriculture. These changes in land cover and land use…

SERVIR-West Africa hosted an international meeting on Land Classification and Methodologies, from 4 – 8 June, 2018 in Accra, Ghana, under the auspices of the Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel (CILSS) and the Economic Community of…

SCERIN (South-Central European Regional International Network)  is one of the regional networks of the Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics(GOFC-GOLD) panel of the Global Terrestrial Observing System program for observations, modeling, and analysis to support sustainable development. SCERIN is…

An advanced training in remote sensing and geospatial technologies provided an opportunity to early-career scientists and practitioners from the South/Southeast Asia region to further their knowledge and expertise through lectures and hands-on exercises. The training took place in Bangkok, Thailand…

The International Regional Science Meeting: Land Cover/Land Use Changes (LC/LUC) and Impacts on Environment in South/Southeast Asia will take place on May 28-30, 2018, in the Philippines. The aim of this meeting is to review the availability, potential and limitations…