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Follow on Google News | Preliminary scientific trials use LiDAR to calculate forest carbon in REDD projects in IndonesiaPreliminary Scientific Trials using LiDAR technology to Calculate Forest Carbon Stocks in REDD projects in Indonesia look Promising.
By: Forest Carbon Forest Carbon (http://www.forest- LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a remote sensing technology that creates highly accurate 3D images of trees and terrain through the use of laser pulses sent from an overhead plane. LiDAR 3D images of forests could allow analysts to measure tree canopy height and crown diameter which could then be used to calculate forest carbon stocks with a high degree of accuracy. Scott Stanley, Managing Director of Forest Carbon believes LiDAR could play a major role in future REDD projects. “The use of LiDAR to quickly and accurately assess the carbon stocks of large areas of forest in tropical countries, has the potential to greatly reduce REDD project costs and increase the accuracy of carbon stock assessments.” About Forest Carbon Forest Carbon is a vertically integrated firm based in Indonesia capable of providing services for carbon baseline measurement, REDD project design and implementation, and forest monitoring for the voluntary and compliance markets. Forest Carbon’s experts are specialized in a number of core disciplines including tropical ecology, silviculture, GIS/remote sensing, social policy and environmental policy. About Credent Technology Established since 1982, Credent serves government and private enterprise clients in a range of geo spatial industries throughout Southeast Asia. Customers include: national survey and mapping agencies, defense mapping agencies, national Land Information Systems (LIS), telecommunications companies, and water utilities. Credent also supports natural resource mapping, cadastral mapping, civil engineering, utility asset mapping, urban mapping, and urban visualization. About The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. It is active in 50 countries and has protected more than 119 million acres of land. # # # Forest Carbon is an Indonesian-based firm that addresses the need for a regionally focused team capable of providing technical services for carbon forestry projects in tropical rain forest countries. End
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