Author: Rosa Castañeda
Forests play a vital role in regulating our climate, but monitoring their health and carbon storage is no simple task. In a new video from the Forest Carbon Monitoring (FCM) Project, users from two very different regions — Catalonia in Spain and the Colombian Amazon — share how they are working with the project’s Earth Observation tools to improve forest management and support climate action.
“The Forest Carbon Monitoring project is developing tools — including an AI component — and this has motivated us to be part of it”, says Basanta Gautam from South Pole. “We can provide ground truth data from the field, which supports a two-step sampling approach.” Teresa Baiges from the Centre of Forest Ownership in Catalunya adds: “Satellite data has a big advantage — its periodicity allows us to compare data from the same period of time and monitor disturbances and land cover changes”.
By combining satellite technology with field-based insights, the FCM project is helping build robust and adaptable monitoring systems that support sustainable forest use and reliable carbon financing. Watch the full video to learn how these tools are making an impact on the ground.