Implemented by a consortium of UK experts and international partners led by Ecometrica, Forests 2020 was a major investment by the UK Space Agency, as part of the International Partnership Programme (IPP), to help protect and restore up to 300 million hectares of tropical forests by improving forest monitoring in six developing countries through advanced uses of satellite data. It aimed to improve forest monitoring systems in partner countries (Indonesia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Ghana and Kenya) thereby supporting both REDD+, FLEGT and other aspects of forest governance and biodiversity conservation.  

We provided monitoring and evaluation support (baseline, mid-term and final) to the Forests 2020 programme in Indonesia. This included reporting on progress against project plan and objectives, ensuring project outputs were effectively translated into outcomes (improved forest change, risk mapping and infrastructure adopted and mainstreamed within national forest monitoring systems), and, synthetised with International Climate Fund (ICF) forestry programmes in Indonesia.