Switzerland participates to the Kyoto-Inv project,
initiated in November 2002 in the framework of the Data
User Programme of the ESA. The aim is to learn more
about the potential of remote sensing techniques for
greenhouse gas reporting under the Kyoto Protocol (KP)
on land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF)
activities. Three regions were chosen for which data
were made available to serve as ground truth. The
Prototype phase of the project has yielded promising
results that may help for reporting under the KP on
LULUCF activities. The reasons of the limitations of the
project have been identified along with the necessary
steps for improvements. We consider that, in the future,
Switzerland may greatly benefit from operational
services in this field. Our next request to the project is a full coverage of Switzerland using remote sensing