Objective Deforestation and degradation are estimated to contribute about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. A group of developing countries initiated a process at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP-11) in 2005 to address the issue of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD), that would be implemented as a post-Kyoto Protocol mechanism. Countries have been encouraged to develop REDD Pilot Projects to assess the feasibility of such a mechanism. Earth Observation in combination with in-situ data are important tools for forest cover and land use monitoring in the REDD process. The current proposal REDDAF aims to develop pre-operational forest monitoring services in two Congo Basin countries that are actively involved in the REDD process. The users in both Cameroon and Central African Republic require such services and will actively participate in project implementation. The main activities proposed are:Stakeholder Analysis: country specific user requirements to identify the needs of stakeholders in terms of instituting REDD projects.Carbon stock accounting: research and development of methods for improved EO/ in-situ data applications to estimate areal extent of deforestation and forest degradation as well as biomass per unit area. The historical changes in forest cover will be used to establish a reference baseline. Based on these research efforts pre-operational processing chains will be developed.Technology Transfer/Capacity Building to the country: activities to ensure that project results, methodologies and lessons learned are provided in a manner to best support the work of national and regional counterparts.The services and products that will be delivered to the user community include forest cover maps and forest cover change maps for 1990-2000 and 2000–2009/10 (land use changes based on six IPCC compliant land use classes); degradation maps, biomass maps and the relevant digital datasets. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesland-based treatmentagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomasssocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systems Programme(s) FP7-SPACE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space Topic(s) SPA.2010.1.1-04 - Stimulating the development of GMES services in specific areas Call for proposal FP7-SPACE-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator GAF AG EU contribution € 770 277,50 Address ARNULFSTRASSE 199 80634 Munchen Germany See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rene Siwe (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Systèmes d'Information à Référence Spatiale (SIRS) SAS Participation ended France EU contribution No data Address Rue du Carrousel - Parc de la Ciamise I 27 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christophe Sannier (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JORG SEIFERT-GRANZIN Germany EU contribution € 317 691,20 Address Raitebergweg 15 78464 Konstanz See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Joerg Seifert-Granzin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data SYSTEMES D'INFORMATION A REFERENCE SPATIALE - SIRS France EU contribution € 644 876,00 Address 27 RUE DU CARROUSEL PARC DE LA CIMAISE IMMEUBLE 1 59650 VILLENEUVE D ASCQ See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christophe Sannier (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III France EU contribution € 277 030,00 Address ROUTE DE NARBONNE 118 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9 See on map Region Occitanie Midi-Pyrénées Haute-Garonne Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alain Bernes (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH Austria EU contribution € 374 109,50 Address LEONHARDSTRASSE 59 8010 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mathias Schardt (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP SARL Cameroon EU contribution € 49 612,50 Address IMMEUBLE ONCLE KOUGANG, TSINGA YAOUNDE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lawrence Nsoyuni Ayenika (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE BANGUI Central African Republic EU contribution € 36 000,00 Address AVENUE DES MARTYRS N/A Bangui See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Arnaud Raulin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data