Progress in monitoring forest degradation - Perspectives from the Sentinels for REDD+

National forest monitoring systems are needed to report countries’ efforts for REDD+ activities. This side event will share experience from pilot projects from the European Union and the European Space Agency, supporting the development of monitoring systems (e.g. ReCaREDD and EOMonDIS). National pilot cases will illustrate the recent progresses made by a few REDD+ countries (Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Rep of Congo, and Malawi) in the use of satellite data for measuring changes in forest cover which are leading to decrease in carbon stocks within forests. Moreover the side event will raise awareness of the Copernicus Programme, which provides free access to high spatial resolution data from the Sentinel satellites. This was a side-event at the 23rd Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, held on Thursday, November 9th 2017, 18:00 - 19:30JRC.D.1-Bio-econom