Aug 12, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. The Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) signed a technical cooperation agreement to monitor logging in forest concession areas. The implementation is planned to start in forest concessions of the National Forest of Jamari and Rondonia by the end of 2010, ITTO reported. SFB will use satellite images provided by INPE to monitor whether companies are logging only in authorised forest areas according to forest management plans. INPE has also started a remote sensing training programme in digital image processing for the Forest Service technicians. Based on satellite monitoring and spatial information, SFB will be able to identify timber yards and forest roads opened for timber transportation within the forest management unit, as well as any logging outside the designated area.