Janetos Hosting Session at GFOI and GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Science Meeting

Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is participating in a meeting hosted by the Global Observations of Forest Cover and Land Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) and the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) in the Netherlands from October 31 through November 4, 2016.

The objective of the GFOI and GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Science Meeting is to review recent research and implementation accomplishments in tropical forest monitoring in developing countries. The meeting is an opportunity for the GOFC-GOLD and the GFOI to collaborate on several international initiatives, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and REDD+ (countries’ efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, sustainably manage forests, and foster conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks).

Prof. Janetos, who chairs the GOFC-GOLD Executive Committee, will chair a session featuring a series of panels including government and private sector policy and decision-makers. The purpose of the session is to understand the dynamic policy environment in which land observations are going to be important, and to discuss ways to continue to make important contributions to issues like monitoring progress towards the SDGs.

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