RiMoDi - risk-based monitoring service for the national implementation of the EUDR

Background and Objective

The overall objective of the project is to support the national implementation of EU Regulation 2023/1115 for deforestation-free products (hereinafter referred to as EUDR) in Germany. The project aims to develop a risk-based GIS analysis tool in combination with the cloud platform CODE-DE and Copernicus earth observation data (Sentinel 1 and 2). By this means, it facilitates the control  by the responsible control authority, the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE), whether imported products are deforestation- and forest degradation-free (according to the EUDR definition). The project contributes to the development and implementation of Copernicus services for public needs in Germany.

The project supports the BLE in the fulfilment of its public tasks within the implementation of the EUDR. The project enables the BLE to utilise Copernicus data and services for its control activities and to integrate them into the authority's workflow.

Target Group

Politics, science, public authorities

Approach

RiMoDi is developing a risk-based monitoring service to verify whether products made available by German market participants on the Union market in accordance with EU Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR) are free of deforestation and forest degradation. Algorithms for distinguishing different land use types in the sense of the EUDR are implemented in a risk-based GIS analysis tool in combination with the cloud platform CODE-DE and Copernicus Earth observation data (Sentinel 1 and 2). A tool for risk queries is programmed, which enables the integration of land use polygons from an EU information system of companies to be monitored. The system uses risk queries to generate risk information and maps on the presence of deforestation/ forest degradation on the land use areas queried. The system to be developed provides risk assessments at various levels of detail for large volumes of data, for quick checks and for detailed case-by-case checks, as required for official inspections. The computing power is optimized via various process steps from preliminary checks, risk assessment and detailed checks.

RiMoDi supports the BLE as the official control authority for the EUDR in Germany in performing its public task of controlling the absence from deforestation in the sense of the EUDR with the help of remote sensing methods for extensive inspection campaigns. The GIS analysis tool and the CODE-DE-based process chains will be used beyond the project for further land use analyses which will be examined related to the already announced extensions of the regulation. The approach will further serve to answer questions on land use change for science and scientific policy advice.

Links and Downloads

• Thünen Earth Observation (ThEO)

related projects:

• GEOS-EUDR
• Deforestation-free and legal supply chains

BLE information on "Deforestation-Free Products"