Training workshop on
harmonization of land cover and

forest classification in remote

sensing - Asia Pacific Region, 4-8 December 2006, Dehradun, India

The main objective of the training workshop was to train the participants in reviewing and

analysing the remote sensing based forest classifications in their countries to facilitate the

harmonization and standardization at the sub-region and regional level and it included the

new demands of remote sensing based information for reporting to Convention on Biological

Diversity (CBD) in the year 2010. A supplementary objective was to inform the participants

about the proposed design and the implementation process of the remote sensing component

of Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2010.