On Tuesday, 15 March 2017, a presentation with the title National Forest and Land Use Monitoring in African Countries will be given in the session “Responding to User Needs”. GAF AG will be especially focusing on the REDD+ forest monitoring aspects which were investigated under the ESA financed GSE REDD Dry Forest project und being currently further developed within the project “Bringing Earth Observation Services for Monitoring Dynamic Forest Disturbances to the Users (EOMonDis)” of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.