Clement Bourgoin

During this session, you'll hear 9 lightning talks featuring topics around sustainable land management and conservation as well as supply chain transparency and traceability. Jacob Abramowitz, The University of Alabama in Huntsville and Bashara Abubakari, CERSGIS, "Innovative Reference Data Collection to Improve Commodity Mapping" Chris Goodman, NGIS, "Using the new Oil Palm Maps" Bart Slagter, Wageningen University and Research, "Satellite-based monitoring of deforestation, degradation, and land use: Implications for REDD+ and EUDR" Will Smith, Orbify, "Orbify + Earth Engine = EUDR compliance

In an effort to combat the alarming rates of deforestation caused by commodity supply chains, the European Union introduced the groundbreaking EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The regulation aims to address the environmental and social issues associated with deforestation, ensuring that the EU market becomes free from products linked to illegal deforestation and forest degradation.