With this proposal, we request funding from the national aeronautics & space administration (NASA) land cover/land use change (LC/LUC) program for 2019-2021 to organize meetings, trainings and…

This is a $770,500 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Start International, Inc., a non-profit organization, for the Land Cover/Land Use Change (LC/LUC) program from 2019 to 2021. The grant will fund the organization of meetings, trainings, and symposia to enhance LC/LUC science through improved access to Earth observation data and products, as well as fostering collaborations. The focus areas include forestry, fire disturbance, agriculture, and carbon cycle dynamics. The goal is to promote NASA's land use change science across the developing world, help build regional science networks, and increase knowledge exchange between U.S. and developing country scientists. The project will be implemented through the Global Observations of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) program, which aims to refine international observation requirements and make the best use of satellite products. This award is not a set-aside contract and has an ultimate completion date of May 15, 2026.

With this proposal, we request funding from the national aeronautics & space administration (NASA) land cover/land use change (LC/LUC) program for 2019-2021 to organize meetings, trainings and symposia to enhance LC/LUC science through improved access to earth observation data, products and building collaborations. Addressing LC/LUC issues specific to forestry, fire disturbance, agriculture, and the carbon cycle dynamics will be our main focus. Through meetings, trainings and symposia, we aim to promote NASA land use change science across the developing world, help foster regional science networks and increase opportunities for knowledge exchange between and among US and developing country scientists. We would like to implement this project through the well-established global observations of forest and land cover dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) program that is aimed at refining and articulating the international observation requirements and making the best possible use of satellite products from the existing and future satellite observing systems, for land use cover change, management, policy decision-making and global change research.