| Abstract: This project is part of a binational project entitled "Drone-based Imaging, Forecasting, and Mitigation of Natural Hazards," which includes forest fires, volcanic eruptions, and landslides. This binational project aims to generate new scientific and technological foundations for different sectors, in order to improve scientific information regarding hazard prediction and mitigation, and risk reduction from these phenomena. In Costa Rica, the project seeks to study, monitor, and understand forest fires as dangerous natural phenomena that affect civil society and infrastructure. To this end, it proposes using a set of hyperspectral, thermal infrared, LiDAR, gas detection, and visual imaging instruments mounted on drones. In Costa Rica, forest fires will be studied in the Guanacaste Conservation Area. The project is being developed by the Applied Remote Sensing Laboratory of the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNSDL) in collaboration with the Applied Remote Sensing Laboratory and the Flight Research Laboratory of the National Research Council of Canada. The project is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada |