This webinar series focuses on forest hotspots of land cover and land use change. 2024 Dr. Elsa Ordway University of California, Los Angeles “Disentangling Land-Use Change in Central Africa to Understand the Role of Local and Indigenous Communities in Forest Restoration and Conservation” 3rd May 2024 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST View Webinar Recording 2022 Alexandra Tyukavina (University of Maryland) Multi-resolution quantification and driver assessment of hot spots of global forest disturbance 30th September 2022 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST View Webinar Recording Nicholas Magliocca (University of Alabama) Making the Hidden Visible: Accelerated Land-Use Change and Degradation Caused by Narco-Trafficking In and Around Central America’s Protected Areas 14th October 2022 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST View Webinar Recording Sean Healey (USDA) Sensor Fusion Using Daily Planet Imagery Allows Rapid Deforestation Monitoring in Madagascar 28th October 2022 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST View Webinar Recording Christoph Nolte (Boston University) Comparing the Effectiveness of Conservation Instruments in the Colombian Andes Biodiversity Hotspot 4th November 2022 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST View Webinar Recording Michael Keller (JPL) Quantifying Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Forest Degradation in the Brazilian Arc of Deforestation: A Multi-Sensor, Multi-Scale Approach 18th November 2022 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST View Webinar Recording Anand Roopsind (Conservation International) Overlapping extractive land use rights increases deforestation and forest degradation in managed natural production forests 2nd December 2022 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST View Webinar Recording Moderator: Melanie Anne Reynolds LCLUC Program Support Anand Roopsind