Innovating Earth Observation tools for sustainable forest management
WorldForest is a new initiative funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop cutting-edge satellite tools for forest monitoring.
It aims to support climate and biodiversity policies by working with governments, researchers, and environmental organisations around the world.
Forests play a critical role in regulating the climate, preserving biodiversity, and supporting livelihoods — yet they remain under threat from deforestation, degradation, and mismanagement.
Despite the wealth of satellite data available today, many institutions still lack actionable, policy-relevant tools to monitor forest change effectively. ESA WorldForest addresses this gap by developing new Earth Observation solutions to support climate, biodiversity, and forest policies at national and international level
Mapping forest types and structure to support planning, biodiversity protection, and EU forest policies
Tracking forest loss, degradation, and recovery to inform climate action and REDD+ monitoring.
Estimating forest carbon stocks to support national GHG inventories and global climate goals.
Monitoring Mangrove Forest to support coastal resilience, biodiversity, and blue carbon strategies.
The Earth Observation (EO) based solutions are developed according to the needs addressed by Early Adopters (EA) and first tested by the consortium on smaller Test Sites. After development and testing these tools are demonstrated to the EAs and evaluated. The Test Sites and Demonstrations Sites are jointly defined during the project implementation.
