A LDN Use Case in the Philippines – The CITIZEN-SDSS Project and the Use of Spatial Decision Support Systems
Date: 8 July 2026
Time: 13:00–14:00 CEST
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams
Speaker: Dr. Melvin Lippe, Thünen Institute of Forestry
This online seminar featured Dr. Melvin Lippe from the Thünen Institute of Forestry, who presented the CITIZEN-SDSS Project and shared experiences from applying Earth observation, citizen science, and spatial decision support systems to support sustainable land management in the Philippines. The seminar was moderated by Bernd Eversmann from the GEO-LDN Secretariat.
You can access & download the slides here, if you would like to find out more about the CITIZEN-SDSS Project and the work of Dr. Lippe & Thünen Institute click here.
Further Resources
Dr. Lippe kindly shared the following resources for those interested in learning more about the topics covered during the seminar.
CITIZEN-SDSS Project
- Project page: https://www.thuenen.de/en/institutes/forestry/projects-1/citizen-sdss-1
- Study Landscapes Profile – Philippines: https://zenodo.org/records/17235669
- Guidelines for Conducting Co-Design Scenario Workshops: https://zenodo.org/records/17235860
- Forest Agreement Layer (FAL):https://github.com/GEOS-EUDR-RepoHub/gee_forest_agreement_layer
- The Forest Agreement Layer (FAL), which was mentioned during the discussion on the Convergence of Evidence approach, was developed as part of the GEOS-EUDR project. More information on the project is available here: https://www.thuenen.de/en/cross-institutional-projects/geos-eudr.
CLUinPy Modelling Framework
- Key publication: https://zenodo.org/records/18835569
- GitHub repository (Python code and tutorials): https://github.com/nomisthomsen/CLUinPy/tree/V2.0
- Peer-reviewed publication (Brazil use case): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815226000642?via%3Dihub
