On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced efforts towards forest conservation and fulfilling President Biden’s Executive Order on Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies (E.O. 14072), which he signed on Earth Day 2022.  Part of these efforts is an inventory of mature and old-growth forests in the United States, to which data collected by GEDI mission was crucial.

Read the full press release here.

Read AP News press release here.

Read Washington Post article on the old growth inventory here.