The Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is leading to high expectations: will we now obtain a new climate agreement that is powerful enough to halt global warming? The approach to deforestation – REDD or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation – is one of the hot issues: a complex problem requiring significant political negotiations. VITO is combining its expertise in the area of earth observation, spatial-dynamic modelling and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in order to assist developing countries once REDD comes into force. A first project in Saint Lucia is intended to help see the forest for the trees.
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