This year will finish on a positive note! First, the COP 16 in Cancun came to a satisfactory close with the adoption of a package of decisions that have given us all renewed faith in the multilateral UN process. We believe that a binding agreement will be reached next year in South Africa. In the meantime, the Green Climate Fund will be launched and support towards REDD programs will be boosted. Planet Action was present at the conference and displayed a new logo to indicate new ambitions for the coming year(s). More... |
Interview with Romuald Vaudry
Project Manager at GoodPlanet Foundation Romuald explains the Holistic Conservation Programme for Forest in Madagascar, the use of Earth Observation technology to measure carbon stocks, and the collaboration of local communities on this type of environmental initiative. Click here to read the full interview. |
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Focus on the Field: Sharing Project Results |
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Climate Change Project Area Identification in Zambia
by Peace Parks Foundation
 Peace Parks Foundation is facilitating the development of a first generation reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+) project in Zambia. This project is generating high resolution land use - land cover classes from the SPOT imagery supplied through Planet Action. The results will serve as a dataset that will be used in a historical land use - land cover change detection program.
For more information on the project and its latest findings and results, click here. |
Monitoring Sumatran Tiger Habitats in Indonesia
by World Wildlife Fund
 Accelerating deforestation and rampant poaching across the Sumatran tiger's range means that unless authorities enforce the law, the Sumatran tiger will disappear. WWF has set precedents in "tiger wins", including successfully lobbying corporate partners and the government to declare an important area, Tesso Nilo, as a National Park. The project team is working on habitat analysis and vegetation classification using Spot images provided by Planet Action.
For more information on the project and its latest findings and results, click here.
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