Global Observation for Forest and Land Cover Dynamics

OBS: Appellation et abréviation confirmées par les responsables du programme à Ressources naturelles Canada.

OBS: Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC) is a coordinated international effort working to provide ongoing space-based and in-situ observations of forests and other vegetation cover, for the sustainable management of terrestrial resources and to obtain an accurate, reliable, quantitative understanding of the terrestrial carbon budget. Originally developed as a pilot project by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) as part of their Integrated Global Observing Strategy, GOFC is now a panel of the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS).