The Latin American Remote Sensing and Forest Fires Network

What is RedLaTIF?

The Latin American Remote Sensing and Forest Fires Network (RedLaTIF, due to its abbreviation in Spanish) is a regional network aimed at bringing together Latin American countries with the purpose of observing and managing forest fires. This network is closely linked to the Global Observations of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC/GOLD) program, and has the main objective of contributing to fulfill the purposes of such program.

RedLaTIF overall objective

The main purpose of RedLaTIF is to better co-ordinate efforts within the Latin American community to observe and manage forest fires using remote sensing and other applicable geospatial technologies.

Fire detection operational systems

CONABIO National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of the Biodiversity

INPE National Institute for Space Research

INTA National Institute for Agricultural Technology

Wild fires and hot-spots detection system for Latin America INPE

What is GOFC/GOLD?

The Global Observations of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC/GOLD) project is a part of the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) program, with the support of Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS). The main goal of GOFC/GOLD is to provide a forum for the exchange of international information, observation and data coordination, and set a framework to follow up systems in the long term.