Dr Nezha Acil, an NCEO research scientist based at the University of Leicester, is the lead author in a study recently published in Nature Sustainability that analysed global forest disturbance patterns from 2002 to 2014 using satellite data.
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COP29 Activities supported by NCEO
COP29 Activities supported by NCEO Staff from the National Centre for Earth Observation are playing an active role in science for COP29, particularly in reviewing and explaining the valuable information from satellites.…
UK to chair global Earth observation group with bold ambitions for data uptake
UK to chair global Earth observation group with bold ambitions for data uptake UK Space Agency Chief Executive Dr Paul Bate has assumed the Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites…
LiDAR scanning uncovers huge amount of carbon stored in a Mozambique forest
A group of environmental scientists have conducted research, using laser pulses, to measure exactly how much carbon is stored in the tree trunks and branches of a forest in Mozambique’s Gilé National Park.
Smart Decisions for Sustainable Forest Management
OptFor-EU is working together with forest managers and stakeholders to create a Decision Support System (DSS). This tool will offer science-backed choices for optimising forest ecosystem services (like reducing carbon) and improving forest resilience.