Earth observation systems to promote public sector monitoring of mangroves and terrestrial forests in Benin and Ghana in support of SDG15

Danielle Wood1, Temilola Fatoyinbo2, David Lagomasino3, Jack Reid4, Omar Seidu5, Hugo Pigott5, Kofi Asare6, Abu Adam7, Amanda Payton8 and Kenneth Yedu Aidoo6, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (4)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Space Enabled Research Group, Cambridge, United States, (5)Ghana Statistical Service, Accra, Ghana, (6)Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute, Accra, Ghana, (7)National Center for Remote Sensing and Ecological Monitoring, Cotonou, Benin, (8)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States