We contribute to climate change mitigation activities with a toolset developed for forest carbon monitoring with high accuracy, reach and frequency
Forests are essential in maintaining healthy ecosystem interaction and biodiversity on Earth. They are in a key role in the fight against climate change since they can restore increasing carbon stocks. Hence, several national and international initiatives (including the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and the EU LULUCF Regulation) require regular reporting of forest biomass and carbon. Robust, reliable and transparent monitoring approaches of forest biomass and carbon are needed to respond to reporting requirements.
The Forest Carbon Monitoring project developed and implemented a set of tools for reliable and cost-efficient monitoring of forest carbon stock based on satellite remote sensing approaches supported by in-situ datasets.
Spatially detailed data from large forest areas — also regions without proper forest inventory data.
Openly available satellite datasets used together with published monitoring methods.
Enabling high resolution mapping and monitoring of global forests.
Reaching global scale with frequent data acquisition and long-term standardized systems at low cost.
The Forest Carbon Monitoring (FCM) project has been designing and implementing a versatile set of tools for EO-based forest structure and biomass monitoring. In the anticipation of the imminent publication of the FCM tools, we are happy to make available the FCM Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD). This document provides […]
Next week, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) will organize the second edition of the conference on Earth Observation for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Removals (EO4MRV). Held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the 7-10 October 2025, the conference will bring together experts from across […]
Over the past years, the Forest Carbon Monitoring project (FCM) has been pioneering remote sensing-based, user-centric approaches for monitoring forests. By combining satellite imagery with reference data and scientific rigor, the project has been shaping a new era of forest carbon monitoring that is not just innovative, but practical and […]
