PPT-Global and regional reporting on forests

Ivonne Higuero Roman Michalak UNECEFAO Forestry and Timber Section 16 th session of Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 1617 April 2015 Istanbul Turkey Contents. Fast Edge Detection. Piotr Dollár and Larry Zitnick. what defines an edge?. Brightness. Color. Texture. Parallelism. Continuity. Symmetry. . …. Let the data speak.. 1. Accuracy. 2. Speed. I. data driven edge detection. By: Natalie Henderson. What is A Coniferous Forest? . A forest made primarily of conifers, or trees producing needles and or cones . Example: pine tree, spruce tree, fir tree. Forests that have 4 distinct seasons . Economic, Social and Environmental Values. Tim White. School of Forest Resources and Conservation. 138 NZ Hall, UF, IFAS. 846-0850; tlwhite@ufl.edu. June, 2011. Objectives. Importance of Forests:. Economic benefits. responses . to the Boko Haram crisis. Dr. Olawale Ismail. 1. Key Questions. Using the response to Boko Haram crisis:. To what . extent can the vectors of regional security in Africa – Regional Economic Communities (RECs) – provide or deliver regional security as envisaged in extant policy declarations? . Requirements and challenges for linking regional PPP updates. 2. nd. Regional Coordinating Agencies meeting . May 27-29, 2015. Washington, DC. Develop framework and process . for . updating global . RUSSIAN TAIGA. Taiga is the largest zone of the plant. s. in Russia. It covers nearly 60% of the country and . o. n this area . it . focuses on more than 80% of all the forests of Russia. Taiga can be divided into two sub-zones: the taiga zone proper and . The Forests Dialogue. Brazil LUD. 25 April 2016. Atalanta. , . Brazil. #. LandUseBRAZIL. The Forests Dialogue. Purpose. Established in 2000 by NGO and Business Leaders. Reduce conflict among . forest stakeholders. by themselves. or we . destroy them. ?. Our team is:. Anthi. . Vafeiadi. Elina. . Tsakalaki. Ios. . Partheniou. Filio. . Soulioti. Dimitris. . Koronaios. Forest fires naturally caused. A forest fire can begin by several natural factors.. Most forests are not too . hot. , or not too . cold. , and have moderate amounts of precipitation. . ALFISOL. Moderately Weathered. SPODOSOL. Sandy, Acidic. There are two main types of forests. . Pine forests have ashy white layers (. Location. Geography . Found between 30 degrees and 55 degrees latitude . Majority is found between 40 degrees and 50 degrees latitude . Climate . Four Seasons . Warm Summer, . C. old and silent Winter, Noisy Spring, Colorful Fall. Linkages between forests and carbon. The role of forests in climate mitigation and . a. daptation . Introduce the basic elements of the forest carbon cycle. An Introduction to the Larger Context. Impacts of climate change on forests. South Central Los Angeles Regional Center. Vendor Technical Assistance Training . July 2017. Housekeeping. Restrooms. Cell Phones. Introductions. Handouts . Training Outline. 2. Training Outline. Mandated Reporters. ECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Green Jobs in the Forest Sector (Joint ILO/ECE/FAO Expert Network). Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Green Jobs in the Forest Sector . 18-19 June 2018, Bern, Switzerland. Biome (Ex: Chile). Key Features of the . Schlerophyll. Forest (Chaparral) Biome. This type of biome develops under a Mediterranean climate. It is distinguished by large areas of oak-shrub-grassland. This kind of biome is also found in California, Southern South Africa, Chile and West Australia. .