JAXA and INPE Signing Letter of Intention
in cooperation for REDD+ using DAICHI
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciai (INPE)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciai (INPE), the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research, have concluded a Letter of Intention (LOI) to cooperate in the program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+)*1 using JAXA's Advanced Land Observing Satellite "DAICHI" (ALOS). The LOI was signed on November 8, 2010, at the JAXA Tokyo Office by JAXA President Keiji Tachikawa, and INPE Director Gilberto Camara.
Following the REDD+ Partnership Ministerial Meeting that was held, in Nagoya, Japan on October 26, 2010, it wasagreed to develop a comprehensive REDD+ Partnership Work Program up to 2012. In contribution to this agreement, JAXA and INPE will verify the utilisation of the Synthetic Aperture Radar onboard DAICHI to monitor tropical deforestation.
JAXA will transmit Synthetic Aperture Radar data acquired over the Brazilian Amazon to the INPE ground rceiving station in Brazil, for INPE to utilize for scientific analysis and real-time monitoring of illegal logging. JAXA and INPE will undertake analysis of high resolution radar data acquired by DAICHI and ground observation data collected by INPE to further improve understanding of the status of deforestation and forest degradation in support of REDD+ and to provide refined estimates of forest carbon stocks.
After signing ceremony
(From left, INPE Director Camara and JAXA President Tachikawa)
*1 REDD+
To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and to enhance forest maintenance, sustainable forestry management, and carbon storage by forest lands. (Bali Action Plan, Decision 1/CP.13)
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