Planning

Forest Foresight is typically deployed in 3 phases, after which it can be considered ‘live’:

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Each phase has a set of stage-gate criteria that need to be met in order to start the next phase. These criteria are evaluated by the FF Steerco (with input from the Advisory Board).

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FF team

The team required to implement FF in a region depends very much on the local circumstances and structure of stakeholders (which often include government institutes or ministries). A ‘host’ is defined who will lead activities that halt illegal deforestation leveraging the FF. A great host has forestry and spatial planning expertise and a mandate to coordinate and execute investigations and interventions. The host is supported by remote sensing experts and GIS experts to ensure the right data is included in the EWS tools.

WWF supports the host through EWS experience and program expertise, e.g. by sharing learnings from earlier EWS roll-outs and supporting the program execution and coordination. Next, WWF works with top-notch consulting partners to lead the technical development of the predictive model, dashboard and cloud infrastructure, and ensure data sourcing.

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Activities

To meet the stage-gate criteria defined in the section ‘Planning’ of this chapter, a set of activities is required leading up to the pilot start. A typical planning of these activities is listed below for the preparation and pilot phases. However, the exact timeline and detailed requirements for each activity depend on the specific circumstances in the region. Hence, the plan needs to be adjusted for each EWS implementation to remain relevant.

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