General Information
TroFMIS is a surveilance system that monitors Tropical Montane Forest in the Eastern Africa region. The tropical montane forests conservation is part of the sustainable development goal towards reduction of carbon emission, through development of verifiable methods for REDD+ monitoring and reporting. TroFMIS is keen on applying REDD+ monitoring guidelines outlined by various stakeholders such as UNCCD, UNFCC & FAO on tropical forest and carbon emission reporting. The products developed in TroFMIS that supports the tropical forest monitoring and surveilance activities include:
Forest Canopy Density (FCD)
Forest Canopy Changes (FCC)
Forest Disturbance Monitoring - Radar
Forest Alerts - Radar
The products in TroFMIS enables key stakeholders and end users in monitoring the continous vegetation change within their forests of interest, in addition to near real time monitoring of the forest disturbance. The various users, will also receive periodical alerts pertaining to the disturbance of the forest canopy densties within their forests of interests.
Get in touch with the team
To get in touch with TroFMIS team and developers, please contact the IGAD Climatic Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC).
Authors
TroFMIS system was implemented by ICPAC under the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security & Africa(GMES & Africa) project. A project co-funded by the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU).
Contributors to the project include Mr. Kenneth Kemucie Mwangi, Mr. Eugene Kayijamahe, Ms. Viola Otieno, Dr. Mwangi Kinyanjui, Dr. Benson Kenduwyo, Ms. Vivianne Meta, Mr. Seth Nyawacha, Mr. Collins Asega, Mr. Derick Ongeri, Ms. Risper Mutinda, Mr. Morris Mwaura, and Mr. Simon Ndarau.
Aknowledgement
Special appreciation to ICPAC team in validation of the TroFMIS products and refining the concept for forest products generation and TroFMIS ergonomics. Appreciation to the national patners who provided feedback on the products generated during stakeholder engagements. The Joint Research Centre (JRC) was a source of reference in aligning the forest products methodologies.
License
TroFMIS system is free and open-source system. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later.
Note
This site and the products of TroFMIS region are made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, International License (CC BY 4.0). The boundaries and names used, and the designations used, in TroFMIS do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by ICPAC, or its partnering organizations.
About TroFMIS Admin Manual (TAM)
TAM is a step by step guideline for the system admin on how to manage the data, system users, maintenance and system updating. TAM will be managed by ICPAC team and will be available for the system administrators only.
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