Development of a risk-based monitoring service for the national implementation of EU Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 for deforestation-free products.

RiMoDi is developing a risk-based monitoring service to verify whether products made available by German market participants on the Union market are free of deforestation and forest degradationin accordance with EU Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR). The overall objective of the project is to support the national implementation of 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 and 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.