The Forest Carbon Tracking Task Portal serves as the key online focal point for the latest information and updates on the activities of the GEO FCT task. There are a number of intended users for this portal, including.

1. Policy Makers
• The climate negotiation community, including the UN, UNFCCC, the COP and SBSTA communities.
• National governments, in particular climate and forest departments.
2. Data Providing Agencies
• CEOS space agencies.
• National agencies providing in-situ forest data.
• GEO member agencies.
3. National Authorities
• National agencies who represent their countries in the FCT community.
• Prospective national agencies in countries who may wish to join the FCT efforts.
4. Interested Members of the Science and Technical Community
• Members of the forest modeling, and forest management communities.
• Members of the climate and carbon cycle modeling community.
5. The General Public
   
• Members of the general public interested in better understanding the role of forests in the carbon cycle.

The objective of the Forest Carbon Tracking Task Portal is to reflect and communicate the progress of the GEO FCT task by:

• Visualising the FCT National Demonstrator (ND) and Validation Sites (VS);
• Showing an inventory of the coordinated data acquisitions undertaken for the NDs and their Verification Sites for both satellite data and in-situ data;
• Showing forest data products of interest; and
  
• Once they are available, showing the 2009 processing results.

To meet these objectives, the following pages are currently available.

The Task Organisation page includes an overview of the organisation of the FCT Task, and a listing of current task membership.

The FCT Initiative Brochure includes a number of background details on the FCT task and its objectives.

The Acquisition and Product Browser page includes an overview of the National Demonstrator data acquisition and forest product browser.

The National Demonstrators Overview page provides a summary of the current set of FCT National Demonstrators, including summary statistics on 2009 acquisitions.

The National Demonstrators Browser page provides an interactive view of the current National Demonstrators, satellite acquisitions, verification sites, and in-situ data.