This atlas was produced as a part of the OSFAC (Observatoire Satellital des Forêtsd'AfriqueCentrale) initiative “Monitoring the forests of Central Africa using remotely sensed data sets” (FACET in French).

This atlas was produced as a part of the OSFAC (Observatoire Satellital des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale) initiative “Monitoring the forests of Central Africa using remotely sensed data sets” (FACET in French).

This atlas was produced as a part of the OSFAC (Observatoire Satellital des Forêtsd'AfriqueCentrale) initiative “Monitoring the forests of Central Africa using remotely sensed data sets” (FACET in French).

The presentation ceremony of the FACET Atlas was held on April 5, 2011 at the Grand Hotel in Kinshasa. It was chaired by His Excellency José Endundo Bononge, Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), His Excellency Mr James ENTWISTLE, U.S. Ambassador to the DRC and Mr. John Flynn, Director of the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE).