UF-NASA JOINT CMS STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP IN BRAZIL:
ADDRESSING VEGETATION, CARBON, AND FIRE MONITORING NEEDS USING REMOTE SENSING DATA

1. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

The overall goals of this stakeholder workshop are to introduce information about remote sensing data available for management decisions on fire and carbon to Brazilian stakeholders, assess the knowledge of remote sensing-based products among Brazilian stakeholders, and identify the challenges and data needs of Brazilian stakeholders regarding fire and carbon monitoring. Specifically, we aim to

1. Involve stakeholders (natural resource managers, especially from federal, regional, and local conservation units and protected areas, as well as landowners and timber industry) who may be interested in the products developed by the CMS4D project. This engagement will support the use of these products for the sustainable development and conservation of the Cerrado.
2. Extend the dialogue between the project's end-users, collaborators, and scientists. We will seek to: (1) solicit ideas about which CMS4D resources and products are most useful for fuels management; (2) identify the needs of land managers to quantify both the desired fuel load condition and the deviation from the desired condition in terms of AGC stocks; (3) foster long-term relationships between the project team and land managers; (4) promote a sense of ownership or buy-in from managers in the development and deployment process; (5) increase the usability of CMS4D products; (6) educate end-users on how to use remote sensing data and CMS4D-derived products.

2. EXPECTED GOALS

Outlined below is a list of potential products that may emerge from the seminar and working group sessions during the workshop. These products will be drafted during the event and subsequently refined based on the outcomes of the group activities:

1. A descriptive summary of the ideas proposed by natural resource managers, especially those from federal, regional, and local conservation units and protected areas, as well as landowners, for incorporation into the CMS4D tool and its derived products.
2. Identification of potential leaders and collaborators to participate in the next phases of the project, and establishment of active communication channels to facilitate collaboration.
3. Identification of the challenges and needs for training in the use of tools and products produced by NASA, as well as those that will be produced by the CMS4D project.

3. TEMPORARY SCHEDULE

4. WORKSHOP VENUE

ADUnB Cultural Center